Jon Secada was born Juan Francisco Secada Ramírez in Havana on October 4, 1961
and after immigrating to the US in 1971, grew up in Miami, Florida. Raised in
Hialeah, a city in the Miami metropolitan area, Secada received a Bachelor of
Music and in 1986 completed a Master of Music in jazz vocal performance, both
from the Frost School of Music. In 1991, he legally changed his name to Jon and
went on to become one of the world’s best-selling Latin music stars, scooping
two Grammy Awards and working with leading lights like Gloria Estefan. Secada
co-wrote six songs on Estefan’s multi...