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Personal Narrative: If I Would Meet Selena
If I could meet Selena

If I could go back in time and meet anyone, I would meet Selena Quintanilla. Selena accomplished a lot in her short lifetime. For example, She was named the "top Latin artist of the '90s" and "Best selling Latin artist of the decade" by Billboard for her fourteen top-ten singles in the Top Latin songs chart, including seven number-one hits. Also, Selena was my idle when I was growing up, I looked up to her and wanted to be her. In addition, If I could have got the chance to meet her, maybe I could have stopped her from meeting Yolanda, the woman who shot and killed her in 1997. Tragically, her death was
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