It’s a rite of passage for some young women to have a quinceañera.

The Spanish tradition celebrates a girl on her 15th birthday, as she transitions from being a child to becoming a young woman.

But for one young woman, her declining health had her family unsure if she would even make it to age 60. So a party, the young girl thought, was out of the question.

Now, 45 years later, Livier Reynoso not only made it to her 60th birthday – she finally got the quinceañera she had always dreamed of.

Reynoso, an Oakley, Calif., resident, is diabetic. When she was young, the doctors told her that the illness could significantly impact her health, she said, leading to a shorter lifespan. So the fear kept her and her family from celebrating.

But Reynoso did what she had thought impossible – she made it to age 60. And to celebrate she knew the quinceañera had to be perfect.

So she put her own spin on it.

Livier Reynoso smiles at her quinceañera. Photo courtesy of Suzette Reynoso-Bivens

Reynoso and her family attended a special mass at the Saint Anthony Catholic Church. Then the party – a fiesta at a local family ranch.

“(The quinceañera) was incredible … Everything was just how I dreamed it would be,” she said in Spanish to reporters for Good Morning America.

“For me, it was something grand to see my whole family reunited and happy and to see my friends,” she said.

It was something bigger than I ever could have imagined.”

Her dress was hand-picked by Reynoso and was chosen because it resembled the outfit worn by Disney princess Tiana in “The Princess and the Frog”.

She had a court of damas (a group of female friends) that dressed in other Disney-themed princess dresses.

“When I saw ‘The Princess and the Frog’, I really liked the dresses and the first thing I said was that one day, I was going to make a dress like hers,” Reynosa said.

Her niece, Suzette Reynoso-Bivens, recorded the quinceañera, and posted the video on TikTok. It has more than 150,000 views.

@thesuzettereynoso My Tia didn’t have a quince growing up so she threw herself the 60th Princess Quinceañera of her dreams 🥹✨ #selflove #quinceñera #quince #princesstiana #princessthemeparty #birthdayparty #mexican #mexicansbelike ♬ original sound – Suzette

In the video, clips of the mass at church as well as Reynoso dancing with a “prince” resonated with commenters who loved the joy Reynoso was experiencing.

Reynoso-Bivens said watching her aunt celebrate was “a great sight to see.” 

“It was just really a fun time … seeing all my tías, [or aunts], getting dressed up as princesses,” Reynoso-Bivens said. “It’s not something you see every day.”

Reynosa hopes that other people who didn’t have the chance to have their quinceañera will now feel like they can also enjoy the tradition.

It was just like the parties I used to see when I was that age … Everything was incredible,” she said.

It’s never too late, Reynosa said, to celebrate yourself.

“If (people) want to, they have all my support because it is very fun, very exciting. You can’t explain what it feels like to be in the moment,” she said.

“Don’t be embarrassed. People are going to talk but it’s OK to have a good time.”

For a look at the lovely Reynosa at her quinceañera, watch below.

Sources: People | ABC | Good Morning America