In between working on a few new movies and writing new tunes, Selena Gomez will be heading to the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Africa.

The 19-year-old musician/actress tells EOnline about her upcoming trip for UNICEF, “We first went to Ghana and then we went to Chile. In April, we’re going to go somewhere a little harder, the Congo…The first trips were to ease me into it.”

Selena has previously helped out the country — in 2009, she attended the Raise Hope for the Congo event in L.A. to help raise awareness about sexual violence against women and girls in the country.

She added about the trip, “I was talking to Joel Madden and he works with UNICEF and he went to the Congo. He said it was the most intense thing he had ever done in his entire life—and the best thing he had ever done.”

Selena Gomez is pulling another novel under her July Moon Productions umbrella.

The 19-year-old actress/musician has optioned “The Sky Is Everywhere” by Jandy Nelson, Deadline reports.

Selena will play Lennie in the book to screen adaption.

“The Sky is Everywhere” is about Lennie Walker, a 17-year-old bookworm and band geek who plays second clarinet and spends her time tucked safely and happily in the shadow of her fiery older sister, Bailey.

But when Bailey dies abruptly, Lennie is catapulted to center stage of her own life – and, despite her nonexistent history with boys, suddenly finds herself struggling to balance two. Toby — Bailey’s grieving boyfriend; and Joe, the new boy in town from Paris whose nearly magical grin is matched only by his musical talent.

Selena also has Jay Asher‘s “13 Reasons Why” to film.

Selena Gomez‘ fragrance notes have been unveiled!

The 19-year-old actress gave her fans a chance to decide on the final notes and the winners are in: Raspberry (top), Purple Freesia (heart) and Vanilla (base)!

Selena writes in a thank you note to those who voted, “Hi guys! Thank you so much for participating in helping me create my new fragrance! You have picked raspberry as my top note, purple freesia as my heart note, and vanilla as my base note. I am very excited to share this new perfume with each and every one of you.

Please stay tuned for information regarding the launch of my fragrance, available at Macy’s this May, and for the announcement of our 10 lucky winners who will be flown out to New York to help me make my final decision. Again, thank you for your help!”

Selena Gomez held her UNICEF charity concert last night and a number of her fans showed up to support her. Selena is grateful for her fans supporting both her and the cause, and she took to Facebook with a thank you message for everyone.

Thank You to all who came out to the show last night at House of Blues on Sunset. That is one of the shows I look forward to the most and cannot wait for next year’s show. Thank you to @only1noah and @bigtimerush for being a part of the show. I don’t have an exact number but together we all raised over 200,000 dollars to benefit UNICEF. Were helping to save the lives of children all over the world.

Were you lucky enough to attend the show?

Source: DisneyDreaming.com

The “Wizards of Waverly Place” finale happened a week ago, but the star of the show Selena Gomez just commented on her fans tuning in. Here’s Selena’s message from her Facebook page:

You Guys, I honestly can’t thank you enough for being a part of the best 4 years of my life! Wizards was SO important to me and I’m SO happy so many of you watched the series come to an end. I loved the whole experience and I’m so grateful for it. I love you guys! I hope to continue to do more things you guys enjoy watching!

We can’t wait to see where your career goes next Selena!

Source: DisneyDreaming.com