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Have you ever heard of an amazing pop star that mixed Latin music with American pop? Gloria Estefan is what many people think about. Gloria Estefan was an amazing star and admired all over the world for her music and bravery for her face of difficulties. Estefan was born on September 1, 1957. She is a middle class, Spanish-American. Estefan was born in Havana, Cuba and immigrated to Miami, Florida. She was raised catholic. As a young child her parents fled from the Communist Government of Fidel Castro. Her father was a Cuban soldier and body guard of the family. (Gloria Estefan Wikipedia). They fled the country to Florida because of the Cuban Revolution. After they moved Estefan's father joined the U.S. Military. He fought in the Vietnam war then after moved to Huston, Texas. Her father became very ill, she would get very stressed and playing the guitar calmed her down. She decided music was an escape from all her stress. Later in her life she became a very famous singer from the incredible band, Miami Sound Machine. She had a terrible bus accident in 1990 and was beaten up pretty bad. As she recovered quickly she still performed great. Her music is still loved by millions of fans and known to this day. (Gloria Estefan Scholastic).

As a child, Estefan loved to write poetry and took classical guitar lessons. She was very talented and learned quickly. Estefan did not have hopes to become a super star, she would have never been the place she is in now unless she practiced. Soon her father was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis while being exposed to herbicide agent orange in the army. he was very ill that made Estefan very upset. her mother was a night teacher. Estefan was taken care of during the day and her mother worked at school at night. She was very stressed and decided to use music as an escape from all the stress. "I would lock myself up in my room for hours and just sing," -Gloria Estefan. (Gloria Estefan Bio.). Estefan had very little social life. All her life she was raised catholic. Estefan attended the St. Micheal-Archangel school and the Lady of our Lords Academy in Miami. She finally in 1975, Estefan joined the Miami Sound Machine. the group became instantly famous. She was very shy when she first joined the band. And in September 1978 Estefan married the lead keyboard player, Emilio Estefan and soon had a family. as the group became popular, the group became more famous and made millions of dollars on their albums. She made 31.5 million dollars in the U.S. alone on her worldwide album.

Her music career was going great, then a sudden tragedy occurred in 1990. Her career was delayed when there was a bus accident, the tour bus was hit by a large truck. Estefan broke her back and had many other injuries. She still went on tour and worked through the pain. She recovered with hard work, good fortune, and patience. ( Gloria Estefan Scholastic). As Estefan recovered quickly she got back on staged and wowed the world. When Estefan came to America she had many struggles, like the accident, but after marrying Emilio her life was back on track. She soon had two children, a son and a daughter. Their names were Nayib and Emily. Before the accident Estefan had won awards for her music and her campaign against drugs.She also won many other music awards at several award ceremonies. She w on the Hispanic Heritage award and in 2015 she won the Presidential Medal of freedom. Estefan is considered the most successful singer to crossover Latino music to American Pop. (Gloria Estefan Wikipedia). People all over know of her for the great singer she is.

Estefan's parents led her to her success, now she has a family of her own. She has her husband, Emilio Estefan and her two children Nayib and Emily. Her life was great in the band and loved by all, even to today. She is Queen of Latin Pop to bring Hispanic and American pop music together. She made an acting debut in 1999 in the Meryl Streep film. Not to long ago she published she published a children's book on her dog, Noelle. Estefan had released a few single hits that went straight to the top. She made 31.5 million dollars in the U.S. alone with her worldwide album. She won the Hispanic Heritage award and in 2015 she also won the Presidential Medal of freedom. her family still comes first in her career though. To the accident on the bus to rising back on the stage put her on top. (Gloria Estefan Fact ).

Gloria Estefan was an amazing pop star for her music career and for her bravery against danger. Her bus accident delayed her career, but she stood up and kept pushing her self to keep trying. She mixed Latin music with American pop that almost everyone adored. She was very strong and never gave up. She joined the Miami Sound Machine and became very famous. She was a great singer for the band and soon married Emilio Estefan and had two kids in her family. She won many awards making her even more famous. She has also acted in a film. Estefan is considered one of the greatest Hispanic-American pop star the world has ever seen. (Gloria Estefan Fact).


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