How I Made It: La Dona

Published: Dec. 1, 2020, 11 a.m.

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Cecilia Pe\\xf1a-Govea who calls herself La Do\\xf1a, grew up in the Mission District in San Francisco. She started playing music in her family's band at just seven years old. Now, she's blazing her own musical path and keeping the city she grew up in at the heart of her work. In her debut EP \\u201cAlgo Nuevo\\u201d she touches on love, heartbreak, and rising rent. In this edition of our \\u201cHow I Made It\\u201d series La Do\\xf1a breaks down one of her new songs \\u201cCuando Se Van\\u201d and talks about taking her fears and turning them into a powerful anthem for a gentrifying city.

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