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community on the Texas-Mexico border. References to her strong support for the independence of Puerto Rico can be found in several of her songs. In
November 2006, her song, "Paloma Urbana" (Urban Dove) won Best Latin Song in the Just Plain Folks Music Awards. Over the years, she has been asked to
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Pérez is openly lesbian, and has written songs about lesbian experience. "Yo Pari Una
Luchadora" (I Gave Birth to a Fighter) is a song dedicated to the mother of a lesbian human rights activist. Perez has lived and traveled with her partner and collaborator, Annette D'Armata, since 1991.
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Her discography includes 13 CDs, a full-length film score, a short film score, 2 modern dance scores, a theater score and numerous individual tributes, while her songs appear in films, CD compilations and
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and disappeared Mayan resistance leader Efraín Bámaca Velásquez ("Comandante
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write or improvise tributes to other artists, human rights leaders and elders, such as
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Azúl y Serena, commissioned work, recorded with the Dama de Noche
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on February 12, 1961) is a prolific Puerto Rican contemporary
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Pájaros de otro canto, commissioned soundtrack for the film,
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unrestricted fellowship for her contribution to music.
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was read into the U.S. Congressional record by Rep.
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