Gloria+Estefan

__Gloria Estefan__ had many success but the biggest one was overcoming a lot of obstacles along the way in her life
 * 1) Having a rough childhood.
 * 2) Trying to adapt to a new country.
 * 3) Last, overcoming stage fright.

A rough childhood/womenhood is the worst thing you can get when your young. __Gloria Estefan__ was born september 1, 1958. When gloria moved from cuba to maimi, Her father was inported to the U.S Army, So in most of gloria's life time she never got to see her father while in cuba, her and her father was very close. gloria knowing that she will not be able to see her father for a very long time she was depressed. Also when her family moved from cuba to maimi her family got really sick, So gloria had to take care of her family so it took away from her music lessons to herself. Any time gloria had the time to sing or play her instument she did! she loved music and thats what she was planning on doing in collage, After her family was better. when gloria was older and she was in a band with her friends she had already won tons of awards and was voted female artist of the year. Gloria was driving to a concert and was in a serious car accident and was almost paralzed for life. But when she recovered she was back on the stage in a heart beat.

Gloria was born in havana cuba. When gloria and her whole family had to move from cuba to miami she had to adapt to a new country. Everyday she was treated badly for being a refuge, back then people in maimi always treated refugees real bad. so gloria had to adapt to all the bads and make them into goods and it was hard to not come out of the house everyday with out being called a bad name. so her family struggled with always being known as "the people from cuba trying to seek saftey for themselfes." but gloria didnt care, thats her family, and just like any other person she delt with the problems.

Gloria also was in a band with all of her friend (Emilio) After a while of being with Emilio he finally asked to marry her. They thought gloria could be the lead singer while he would play the insterments and thats just what she did. The only problem was at there first concert gloria wasn't feeling to well she had not told the band but she suffered with stage fright. Even though she loved music and was in a band with her friend, Her being a refuge she was scared that people would make fun of her while on stage or "boo" her while she was singing. Gloria was wrong. People from all over the world loved her voice and the songs she sang! Gloria loved singing and After a while she got warmed up to all the fans. She is know one of the biggest song wriiters and singers of her time! The band and gloria all won a lot of awards in there career.

Even though gloria estefan had some bad obstacles in her life time she perservered by overcoming them, gloria loved singing and she wasnt gonna let some things in her past get in the way of that. gloria was the biggest band of her time. she won a lot of awards such as best female artist of the year, a grammy, and tons of hit wonders and hit singles in __1980__. she also in __1990__ on __march 19__ she was awared the presadent award for her drug prevention work with young children and some adults but mostly teenagers. gloria came out with seven-teen ablums and she turned down twenty-five people that loved her alot, becuase she wanted to stay with her band.

__References:__

__//Humphrey, S. (2005). Dare to dream:25 extraordinary lives. (pp. 93-96). New York: Prometheus Books.//__

__Lipton, M. & Trischitta, L. (n.d.). Gloria estefan. //People//, Retrieved from []__

__Guerra, J. (2011, sept. 26). Estefan returns to the dance floor on miss little havana. //People//, Retrieved from__ [|__http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db__=nfh&an=2w62286672504&site=sre-live] (__2008). //Gloria estefan and emilio estefan at the buoniconti fund dinner to cure paralysis at the waldorf astoria in new york: Gloria estefan and emilio//. (2008). [Web Photo]. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=imh&AN=imh662590&site=srck5-live.__