Jovan Arriaga is a member of the Quintanilla family, one of the most well-known families in Tejano and Latin music history. He is the son of Suzette Quintanilla and her husband, Bill Arriaga.
Through his mother, he is connected to two of the most influential figures in the genre’s history: his late aunt, singer Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, and his uncle, producer and musician A.B. Quintanilla III.
Family Background
Suzette Quintanilla, Jovan’s mother, was the drummer for Selena y Los Dinos, the family band fronted by her sister Selena that became one of the most successful Tejano acts of the late 1980s and early 1990s.
After Selena’s death, Suzette took on a central role in preserving her sister’s legacy, including work connected to the Selena Museum in Corpus Christi, Texas, which the Quintanilla family operates. A.B. Quintanilla III, Jovan’s uncle, was the primary songwriter and producer behind Selena y Los Dinos and went on to a long career producing and performing in Latin music, including with the group Kumbia Kings.
Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, Jovan’s aunt, was shot and killed on March 31, 1995, by Yolanda Saldívar, the former president of her fan club, in an incident that received national news coverage at the time. Selena’s life and death were later dramatized in the 1997 film “Selena,” in which she was portrayed by Jennifer Lopez, and her story has continued to be revisited in documentaries and other media in the decades since.
What Is Known About Jovan Arriaga
Public information about Jovan Arriaga himself, as opposed to his relatives, is limited. What can be established with reasonable confidence is that he is Suzette Quintanilla and Bill Arriaga’s son, and that his birth came after Selena’s death — meaning any connection between them exists through family history, photographs, and the Quintanilla family’s ongoing preservation of Selena’s legacy, rather than personal memory or interaction.
What Is Not Well-Established
A number of gossip and “celebrity kid” websites have published detailed claims about Jovan Arriaga’s exact birth date, hometown, schooling, athletic history, career (frequently described as a “hydraulic civil engineer”), and personal life.
These claims are not accompanied by named sources, interviews, public records, or citations, and several of the sites repeating them appear to be drawing from one another rather than from independent reporting. One such site even acknowledges that “online profiles often stretch a small set of facts into detailed claims” about him. Because of this, those specific details are not reproduced here as verified fact.
