Celia Cruz

Once Celia Cruz ordered cafe cubano (Cuban coffee) in a restaurant in Miami. However one of her teachers told her that as an entertainer Celia Cruz could earn in one day what most Cuban teachers earned in a month. Cruz's star has expanded into Union City's "Walk of Fame" as new marble stars are added each spring to honor Latin entertainment and media personalities such as merengue singer Joseíto Mateo salsa singer La India Cuban musician Israel "Cachao" Lopez Cuban tenor Beny MoréTito Puente Spanish language television news anchor Rafael Pineda salsa pioneer Johnny Pacheco singer/bandleader Gilberto Santa Rosa and music promoter Ralph Mercado.

Úrsula Hilaria Celia de la Caridad Cruz Alfonso de la Santísima Trinidad (October 21 1925 – July 16 2003) was a Cuban-American salsa performer. Leila Cobo of Billboard Magazine once said "Cruz is indisputably the best known and most influential female figure in the history of Cuban music. "
She spent much of her career living in New Jersey and working in the United States and several Latin American countries.