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Sheila E. and Family Honored for National Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month Celebration

The extended family was present as District 5 City Councilman handed the father-daughter duo their awards, noting also that a street would be named for them. Commended for their philanthropy, the co-founder of Elevate Oakland, Sheila E. described how her father had always taught his children that it was important to ‘give back.’

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Sheila E., center, speaks at the award ceremony in council chambers as her white-haired father, Pete Escovedo, right, and Gallo, second from left, listen. Photo courtesy of the office of Councilman Noel Gallo. KTVU news contributed to this report.
Sheila E., center, speaks at the award ceremony in council chambers as her white-haired father, Pete Escovedo, right, and Gallo, second from left, listen. Photo courtesy of the office of Councilman Noel Gallo. KTVU news contributed to this report.

Oakland natives and Latin Grammy-winning percussionists Sheila E. and her father, Pete Escovedo were honored by the Oakland City Council as part of a National Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month Celebration. Sheila E., who once toured with Prince, began playing percussion as a preschooler, mirroring her father and his brothers.

The extended family was present as District 5 City Councilman handed the father-daughter duo their awards, noting also that a street would be named for them. Commended for their philanthropy, the co-founder of Elevate Oakland, Sheila E. described how her father had always taught his children that it was important to ‘give back.’

Sheila E., center, speaks at the award ceremony in council chambers as her white-haired father, Pete Escovedo, right, and Gallo, second from left, listen. Photo courtesy of the office of Councilman Noel Gallo. KTVU news contributed to this report.

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