Jenni Rivera died in 2012, but her family and friends continue to keep her legacy alive. The self-proclaimed Diva of Banda was a single mother and a feminist that used her music to empower women on and off stage.
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Jenni Rivera’s youngest sister, Rosie Rivera recently wrote a book called My Broken Pieces: Mending The Wounds From Sexual Abuse Through Faith, Family and Love. She talks about her personal nightmare after her own brother-in-law, Jenni’s ex-husband, Jose Trino Trinidad, sexually abused her when she was just 8 years old.
“My dad used to tell me that I was a princess and I could conquer the world and I believed him,” explains Rosie Rivera to Latina. “But after the abuse, I started to doubt, I though to myself, ‘This doesn’t happen to princesses.’” He had also abused Jenni’s daughter, Chiquis, and when Jenni heard she was devastated, especially since she was pregnant, but she believed her and they went to the police to denounce the monster that had abused her sister and her daughter.
Rosie decided to write the book because Jenni encouraged her. She told her sister that even though it would be a difficult thing to do, she had to share her story because it could help others.
Helping others was something Jenni loved to do and her family continues to help women with the singer’s Love Foundation. The foundation is opening a brand new 35-room, 24-hour women’s refuge, which will allow women and their children to come in and feel safe.
“Jenni is all about living life to its fullest and giving back to the fans and the people. We honor her memory by continuing to grow the amazing empire she built,” says Rosie. Jenni’s little sister is the sole trustee of her estate and last year they dedicated a park in Long Beach in honor of the late singer as well.