In the article Selena discusses what it was like to work on ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition show and what her experience was like meeting the fans and the family in need.
Learn how Selena was inspired though her experience and how she inspired others in the article below:
“Tough times don’t last…tough people do.” Powerful words for sure, and ones Selena repeated over and over to us recently, as we sat in her New York City hotel room, chatting about the new path her life is taking.“That phrase describes me right now,” Selena confided to us. “I heard it from a fan I met on the set of Ramona and Beezus (Sel’s new movie out August 13). She had Leukemia and had just gotten out of the hospital. The fact that a nine-year-old say that – I was like, ‘Wow.’ It stuck with me.”That brief moment in time was the start of an eye-opening journey for Selena – one that saw the star refocusing her energy on the positive and refusing to dwell on the negative. One way Selena is doing that is through charity work. Giving back nourishes Selena’s soul like nothing else. So when Sel was offered the opportunity to participate in ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, she jumped at the chance. The episode was centered around the Scotts, a family who had lost their police officer dad in the line of duty. Selena surprised the three Scott daughters: Leyla, 17, Deidie, 13, and Alethea, 11, by giving them a personal tour of the Wizards’ set! “The first thing I thought when I met the girls was how incredibly strong they were,” Selena exclusively tells M. “They acted as if nothing had happened to them and saw their lives as blessed. They didn’t let it effect them.”