With “Selena and Latinx Media Representation,” as the class is officially known, he is among the growing number of higher education instructors at universities with sizable Latinx populations who are using the “Bidi Bidi Bom Bom” singer’s life and legacy as an entry point to explore a plethora of topics in Latinx/Chicanx culture.

Selena has been cited as an inspiration by contemporary stars including Becky G, Jennifer Lopez and Karol G, not to mention fellow Texan Selena Gomez.

Jennifer Lopez announced she will reunite with a "Selena" co-star on the day Selena Quintanilla's murderer Yolanda Saldívar's parole was denied.

Killed by Yolanda Saldívar, the president of her fan club, on March 31, 1995, the Tejano star has been sanctified among Latinos as a folk hero and figure of eternal reverence. But the brutality of her death has undoubtedly fueled a never-ending stream of Selena content that audiences have been fed.

Selena keyboardist Joe Ojeda and producer Guy Roche remember the late Queen of Tejano 30 years after she was murdered at 23 by her fan club president, Yolanda Saldívar, on March 31, 1995.