Contest winner sees Mañanitas performance as new part of her ‘journey’

For Salma Parra, 16, her chance, her opportunity, her possible path to singing superstardom, was sitting somewhere in her mother’s email inbox.

And there it stayed. And stayed. And stayed.

When Parra finally saw the email, congratulating her on winning the Archdiocese of Los Angeles’ first singing contest to serenade Our Lady of Guadalupe, she was ecstatic.

“I was very, very excited, but I was also very nervous, because I wanted to be sure that we didn’t miss the opportunity,” said Parra, a Puente Hills resident who attends St. John Vianney Church in Hacienda Heights.

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