1. By Alex & Jalyen Info came from… List of awards received by Gloria Estefan, Gloria Estefan charity work, Events and Causes, Gloria Estefan Biography

2. Background Info/Special Events Gloria was born September 1, 1957 in Havana, Cuba In 1994 Gloria won her first Grammy award, the Grammy Award for the best Traditional Tropical Latin album, for the studio album of the 1993 Mi Tierra. Gloria met Emilio Estefan in 1975 at

3. She and her family moved to Miami Florida because of the Cuban Revolution happening because of the Government and Fulgencio Batista. While her father was in the U.S. army She and her sister and mother lived a hard life in Miami, Florida. Her father came home from the war and had multiple sclerosis and Gloria had to take care of him and her little sister while her mother taught at a school in Miami, Florida. Her escape from taking care of her father and sister was to lock herself in her room and play guitar and write poetry.

4. Charity In addition to starting and running the Gloria Estefan Foundation, Gloria served as the Chairperson for the Capital Campaign that raised $40 million to build the Lois Pope LIFE Center, the home of The Miami Project, which opened in 2000

5. Gloria Estefan Life Story: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqYGIWWTURk Gloria Estefan Life Story Gloria Estefan - Coming Out Of The Dark (The AMA's 1991) – YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4GA2B1jpRk Gloria Estefan - Coming Out Of The Dark (The AMA's 1991) – YouTube