1. Whitney Houston
“We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever its to create something that will.”
- Whitney Houston

2. Childhood:
Born on August in Newark ,NJ to her parents Cissy Houston and John Russell Houston.
Whitney did a lot of singing in the choir with her mother. She would also tag along and go to the studio with her mother. That’s how she got started in music.
An event that happened in the world when she was alive is the 9/11 bombing.
Influences:
Her mother, Cissy Houston
Her cousin Dionne Warwick
And her Godmother Aretha Franklin.
An important decision she made is to perform at gigs with her mother and cousin, that’s where she got discovered.
Accomplishments:
Whitney sold about 86 million copies on her first 4 albums.
She prepared for her success by practicing a lot and always working hard.
She founded the Whitney Houston Foundation for children, a non profit organization that funds projects to help needy children around the world.

3. Whitney Houston got her start in modeling
She was one of the first African-American Models to appear on “Seventeen” magazine.
She was bullied as a kid.
Aretha Franklin is her godmother