Celia is from the Latin caelum (heaven, sky) or alternately a feminine of the Roman *Caelius*. **Celia Cruz (1925-2003)** — born Úrsula Hilaria Celia de la Caridad Cruz Alfonso de la Santísima Trinidad — **the Cuban-American singer crowned "the Queen of Salsa" and the most influential Afro-Latina musician of the 20th century**. **23 gold albums, 3 Grammy Awards, 4 Latin Grammys, and her signature shout "¡Azúcar!" became a Spanish-language cultural rallying cry**. **Fled Cuba in 1960; refused to return after Fidel Castro denied her entry to her mother's funeral in 1962**. **First Latina featured on a US quarter (2024)**. **Celia (in Shakespeare's *As You Like It*) — Rosalind's loyal cousin**.
Subject of *Celia* (2015 Telemundo telenovela) and the US Mint's American Women Quarters Program.
Celia reduces to six — the number of Queen of Salsa.