nger and one of the best selling artists of all time. She carries out well-known philanthropic activities through charity work most notably through her Pies Descalzos Foundation. In 2011, she was appointed by U.S. President Barack Obama to the President’s Advisory Commission on Ecational Excellence for Hispanics – a four-person group that advises the president and Ecation Secretary. In 2014, she was listed as the 58th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes.