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Jessica Sanchez looks back as she celebrates her 30th birthday: 'The tough but beautiful journey that you’ve been on'

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Nikka Avegail Sabio

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<p>It’s milestone after milestone for Filipino-American singer Jessica Sanchez, who recently celebrated her 30th birthday while embracing exciting personal and professional changes in her life.</p><p> Taking to her personal social media page, Jessica reflected on the incredible journey she’s had so far.</p><p> “Wow. 30. I am feeling overwhelmingly blessed. Today was one of those days where you look back and realize how far God has brought you,” Jessica wrote.</p><div><strong></strong></div><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-28" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/DM9dFJZgUqn/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A28%2C%22os%22%3A18751483.299999952%2C%22ls%22%3A187368.79999995232%2C%22le%22%3A187846.5%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="746" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-28" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><strong></strong></div><p>She went on: “The tough but beautiful journey that you’ve been on and how good He has been through it all. I never could’ve imagined my life would look like this, it’s more than i could’ve ever asked for.”</p><p>The singer also expressed deep gratitude for the love and support she has received over the years</p><p>“My heart is full of gratitude. Not because of the gifts or the cakes 🫣 but because of all of the love and grace I’ve been given throughout these 30 years. Thank you everyone for the awesome birthday wishes! I love y’all ❤️,” she expressed.</p><p>Included in her birthday post was a heartfelt photo carousel featuring moments from her previous celebrations as a child, as well as a touching photo with her husband, Rickie Gallardo, gently cradling her baby bump.<strong><br/></strong></p><div><strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DMYox8oykJk/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MXdtdXdlZGk2d280aw=="></a></strong> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DMYox8oykJk/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MXdtdXdlZGk2d280aw=="></a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DMYox8oykJk/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MXdtdXdlZGk2d280aw=="></a></div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-34" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/DMYox8oykJk/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A34%2C%22os%22%3A18786143.099999905%2C%22ls%22%3A187368.79999995232%2C%22le%22%3A187846.5%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="881" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-34" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DMYox8oykJk/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MXdtdXdlZGk2d280aw=="></a><strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DMYox8oykJk/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MXdtdXdlZGk2d280aw=="></a> <br/></strong>Friends and fellow celebrities were quick to send birthday greetings in the comments.</p><p>“Happiest birthday beautiful! Congratulations on everything ❤️❤️,” Ylona Garcia commented.</p><p>Author-speaker Romeo Marquez Jr also expressed, “Happy birthday Jessica! Wishing you greater success, joy, and happiness! Blessings on blessings are coming your way!🤗🎉🎂🥳.”</p><p>Singer Christian Bahay also manifested a win for Jessica, saying, “Happy birthday! Manifesting that you’ll be this year’s AGT Champion. 🙌🏻.”</p><p>Jessica’s 30th birthday comes just weeks after another milestone: her return to <em>the &#x27;America’s Got Talent</em>&#x27; stage, nearly two decades after her first appearance during its debut season. During her performance, she received a Golden Buzzer and a standing ovation from judges Sofia Vergara, Simon Cowell, Mel B, and Howie Mandel.</p><div><strong></strong></div><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-29" src="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMLfs1GJXIm/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A29%2C%22os%22%3A18751498%2C%22ls%22%3A187368.79999995232%2C%22le%22%3A187846.5%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="881" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-29" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><strong></strong></div><p>In an interview with ABS-CBN News, Jessica opened up about her return to the AGT stage.</p><p> “To come back 20 years later and just with everything going on in my life, I feel like everything is God’s divine timing,” Jessica said. “I feel like it couldn’t have happened at a better time. It’s just an amazing feeling.”</p><p> “Twenty years ago when I stepped on the &#x27;AGT&#x27; stage, it lit a fire inside of me, and it really pushed me to do bigger things than I could imagine,” she added.</p><div> </div><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/movies-series/2025/7/15/jessica-sanchez-returns-to-america-s-got-talent-after-20-years-it-lit-a-fire-inside-of-me-1240"><strong>READ: Jessica Sanchez returns to &#x27;America’s Got Talent&#x27; after 20 years: &#x27;It lit a fire inside of me&#x27;</strong></a></div><div><strong> </strong></div><div><strong></strong></div><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-30" src="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMYlg0_Pew8/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A30%2C%22os%22%3A18751516.599999905%2C%22ls%22%3A187368.79999995232%2C%22le%22%3A187846.5%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="881" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-30" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><strong></strong></div><p>Jessica also posted: “Thank you guys so much for all the overwhelming love! I wanna shout out these talented guys that shared the AGT stage with me. They elevated this song to the next level with their gifts &amp; I’m so grateful to have shared this amazing moment with them! I couldn’t ask for a better band 🫶🏼 Please show them lots of love guys!!! ❤️”</p><div><strong></strong></div><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-31" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/DMLZ4hKAFBA/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A31%2C%22os%22%3A18755075.399999976%2C%22ls%22%3A187368.79999995232%2C%22le%22%3A187846.5%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="881" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-31" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><strong></strong></div><p>Aside from getting the golden buzzer, Jessica announced that she and her husband are expecting. She later on opened up about her pregnancy journey in a post.</p><p>&quot;Our hearts are so full. This is my first time sharing about the pregnancy, and it’s been so hard keeping it quiet these past 5 months! Thank you all for the love, support, and sweet messages — it truly means the world. Most of all, thank You God for this beautiful blessing growing inside me,&quot; Jessica said.</p><div> </div><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/celebrities/2025/7/15/jessica-sanchez-gets-america-s-got-talent-s-golden-buzzer-reveals-pregnancy-0748"><strong>READ: Jessica Sanchez gets America&#x27;s Got Talent&#x27;s golden buzzer; reveals pregnancy</strong></a></div><div><strong> </strong></div><div><strong></strong></div><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-32" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/DMLJ8oNA3K1/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A32%2C%22os%22%3A18755217.19999993%2C%22ls%22%3A187368.79999995232%2C%22le%22%3A187846.5%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="877" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-32" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><strong></strong></div><div><br/></div><p><strong> </strong>Jessica Sanchez rose to fame in 2012 as the runner-up on the 11th season of <em>American Idol</em>. The following year, she released her debut album, <em>Me, You &amp; the Music</em>, and later appeared on the hit musical series <em>Glee.</em></p><div> </div><div><strong><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MUjOJ_isVJY" title="Jessica Sanchez opens up about her marriage | PUSH Bets Live" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></strong><br/></div>

<p>Jessica Sanchez is grateful for the love and support she has received in the past years.</p>

Jessica Sanchez is grateful for the love and support she has received in the past years.