Jenni Rivera

Birth Name:

Jenny Dolores Rivera Saavedra

Birth Place:

Long Beach, California, United States

Profession

Soundtrack, Actress, Producer

Often spoke openly about her struggles with female-related issues such as domestic violence, her struggle with weight loss and relationship troubles
Named spokeswoman for the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence in 2010 which subsequently declared August 6th as 'Jenni Rivera Day'
Raised in a musical household along with her four brothers that spoke both Spanish and English
Quote: "I am a woman like any other and ugly things happen to me like any other woman․ The number of times I have fallen down is the number of times I have gotten up․"
Victim, along with six others, of a deadly plane crash December 9, 2012, the wreckage of which was found days later in rural Mexico with no apparent survivors
After gaining more airplay from local California radio stations, she was signed to Capitol Records' Latin division and released her first album in 1995
Her first recorded song came as a birthday gift to her father at the age of 25
First female banda artist to sell out the Gibson Amphitheater in Universal City, California
Served as a coach and judge on season two of Mexico's version of "The Voice․"
Became pregnant with her first daughter at the age of 15 and managed to graduate valedictorian of her graduating high school class after encouragement from her guidance counselors

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