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    Queen of salsa Celia Cruz will be the first Afro Latina to appear on a U.S. quarter

    Cuban American icon Celia Cruz is being honored along with four other influential American women as part of the American Women Quarters Program.
    by Pablo Valdivia Feb 07, 2023 1 minute
    Cuban American salsa singer Celia Cruz onstage performing at <em>VH1 Divas Live: The One and Only Aretha Franklin</em> in New York City in 2001. Cruz is being honored on the U.S. quarter in 2024.

    Celia Cruz was used to making history. The late Cuban American icon 80 albums, earned 23 gold records, won five Grammy Awards, and received the president's National Medal of Arts. And now,

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