This March marked 30 years since the death of Tejano icon Selena Quintanilla-Pérez.
Here on the Standard, we reflected on how, three decades on, her legacy continues to reverberate and reach new audiences.
That enduring legacy is the center of a new exhibit called " The Selena Effect " at Texas State University's Wittliff Collections.
Hector Saldaña, music curator at the Wittliff, and Martin Gomez, who was a friend and fashion designer for Selena, joined the Standard to discuss the collection and hone in on just what the "Selena effect" is. Listen to the interview above or read the transcript below.
This transcript has been edited lightly for clarity:
Texas Standard: Hector, let's begin with you. I understand the title of this exhibit, "The Selena Effect," had a particular sourc