Mayte Jannell García ( /ˈmaɪteɪ/; born 12 November 1973) is an American dancer, actress, singer and choreographer, best known as the former wife of pop star Prince. She is of Puerto Rican and Egyptian ancestry. Garcia was born on a military base in Alabama; during her childhood, her parents relocated throughout the United States and Germany as a result of her father's military reassignments.
Garcia was born to Janelle "Nelle" Garcia who is of Pue...
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Mayte Jannell García ( /ˈmaɪteɪ/; born 12 November 1973) is an American dancer, actress, singer and choreographer, best known as the former wife of pop star Prince. She is of Puerto Rican and Egyptian ancestry. Garcia was born on a military base in Alabama; during her childhood, her parents relocated throughout the United States and Germany as a result of her father's military reassignments.
Garcia was born to Janelle "Nelle" Garcia who is of Puerto Rican and Egyptian descent and her father Ret. Major John Garcia of Puerto Rican descent. Garcia was born on November 12, 1973 on an Alabama army base. Nelle Garcia, a school and dance teacher, passed her dancing skills along to Mayte. John Garcia flew aircraft in the U.S. Military. She has an older sister, Janice, and they grew up in both Germany and the USA. She spent the summers of her childhood with her extended family in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She is Catholic and is fluent in English, Spanish and German, and can speak some Hindi. She...
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