User talk:Yellennacortez

Yellenna Cortez
Yellenna Cortez (originally named Angel Manalo) was born on July 3, 1996, She is an aspiring songwriter.

Her official sites are:

www.twitter.com/yellennacortez

www.youtube.com/yellennacortez

Career
Yellenna is just starting her career early this 2010, she started uploading story videos on her Youtube account, which where people noticed her as a new born actress. As a small kid, she always wanted to be a celebrity herself. “I was inspired by my idols and it seems like acting and being in movies seems fun and I just want to try it out.” Says YC. With her soul in love in harmony and music, her mom sent her to piano classes. She started singing in the early age of 7 with the help of her aunty. Yellenna’s first real song ever memorized and performed was “Dreaming of You” by Selena. Unfortunately, due to conflicts and financial problems in her family, they have to move out to another place away from her relatives. She stopped attending piano and singing classes for a long time. But her love for music didn’t die, after her thirteenth birthday in July 2009, the spirit came back and she started writing songs with her best friend, Shobe Layla. “I just woke up and want to write songs” says YC. She In her Youtube account address, her uploaded videos won a thousand of views from many video watchers and supporters. "But now, I want to stick with acting than singing"

Early Life
Yellenna was born in Tondo, Manila in the Philippines on July 3, 1996 as Gilmerry Angel Guilalas—Manalo, which is her real name (a combination of her parent’s name— Mercy and Gil). Her parents are Mercedita “Mercy” Guilalas and Gil Manalo. Yellenna has two other siblings named Gilmer Manalo, her older brother and Divine Manalo, her younger sister. Her mom Mercy is salesperson of a famous clothing brand in the Philippines while her father Gil is a police officer for twenty-nine (29) years. Her brother Gilmer Manalo (born on August 3, 1994) is now a first-year college student and her sister Divine (born on September 19, 2000) is an elementary student Yellenna lives in Quezon City, Manila, in Philippines. She attended Little Anne Learning Center, a nursery school at the age of four (4). With remarking excellence as a nursery student, she jumped two grades forward; from nursery to senior (she didn’t attended a preparatory school) and then graduated nursery as a valedictorian. She also attended in Sto. Nino Parochial School, an elementary school, she started as a first grader at the age of 6 and then graduated elementary with flying remarks, honors and certificates in Academics; at the age of eleven (11). She is now currently attending in Quezon City Academy, a high school, at the age of twelve, and she is now a junior at the age of fourteen (14).