... the Bay of Pigs, the unsuccessful attempt to oust Castro from power, in 1961. Her father spent a year and a half in jail while Gloria and her mother lived in a Cuban ghetto outside of Miami. During this time, she sang for women whose husbands were in jail too. Her father was released in 1963. The family moved to Texas where her sister ... by playing her guitar and singing songs. In 1975, Gloria started college at the University of Miami to study psychology. One day she went to a Cuban wedding where the Miami Latin Boys playing. At the wedding, Gloria was asked to sing a few songs. The b...

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