[post_page_title]Mandy Teefey (Selena Gomez’s mother) – Now[/post_page_title]
Selena’s first big break came a lot earlier than most people’s, when she landed a leading role as the sarcastic and jovial Alex Russo in the Disney channel comedy Wizards of Waverly Place. Like many other child Disney stars, she would move on to a very successful career, as a singer and occasional actress. But when you enter the spotlight at such a young age, it’s important to have a good role model, and it seems like she has that with her mother.