QUEENS, N.Y. (PIX11) — For Hispanic Heritage Month, The Museum at Queens College has a special exhibition starting this week that honors the coming-of-age tradition for Latinas— quinceañeras.

The celebration is an important moment in the life of a Latina woman, and it's now the center of the new exhibit.

"I haven't seen it in a long time. It's spectacular," Ashley Segundo, of Jackson Heights, said.

It's the first time she's laid eyes on her quinceañera dress in nine years. It was tucked away in a storage box for all that time. Now it's on display in the museum.

"It brings me back to when I was 15," Segundo said with tears in her eyes.

The quinceañera is a traditional Latin American celebration that marks a girl’s 15th birthday. A rite of passage symbolizing the transition from childho

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