His condition was attributed to the Agent Orange poisoning that he suffered in Vietnam. Soon after returning from the Vietnam War in 1968, Estefan's father became ill with multiple sclerosis. On his return he joined the United States military and fought in the Vietnam War. He was captured by his cousin, who was a member of Fidel Castro's army, and imprisoned in Cuba for nearly two years. In 1961 José participated in the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion. As a result of the Cuban Revolution, the Fajardo family fled to Miami in 1959 and settled there. Her father José was a Cuban soldier and a motor escort for the wife of Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. Estefan also had uncles who were singer-songwriters. Įstefan's paternal grandparents were José Manuel Fajardo González (who ran one of the first Cuban restaurants in Miami, Florida) and Amelia Montano (who was a poet). However, her degrees were destroyed upon fleeing to the United States during the Cuban Revolution. Gloria Fajardo would earn a PhD in education in Cuba. However, Leonardo García did not permit his daughter to pursue the offer. ĭuring her childhood, Estefan's mother Gloria Fajardo (nicknamed "Big Gloria") won an international contest and received a Hollywood offer to dub Shirley Temple's films in Spanish. Estefan's paternal side also had musical sensibilities, as the lineage had a famous flutist and a classical pianist. Consuelo's father Pantaleón Perez served as the head chef to two Cuban presidents. Her maternal grandfather, Leonardo García, emigrated to Cuba from Pola de Siero, Asturias, Spain, where he married Gloria's grandmother, Consuelo Perez, who was originally from Logroño, Spain. Estefan's maternal grandparents were Spanish immigrants.
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Gloria Estefan (née Fajardo García) was born into a middle-class household in Havana, Cuba to parents José Fajardo (1933–1980) and Gloria García (1930–2017).
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She is considered the Latin artist who broke down the barriers of Latin music in the international market and opened the doors to several Latin artists such as Shakira, J.Lo, Ricky Martin, Selena, among others. In 1988, she and the band got their first number-one hit with the song " Anything for You". She earned worldwide success with " Conga" in 1985, which became Estefan's signature song and led to Miami Sound Machine winning the grand prix in the 15th annual Tokyo Music Festival in 1986. A contralto, she started her career as the lead singer in the group Miami Latin Boys, which later became known as Miami Sound Machine. Gloria Estefan ( Spanish: born Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García 1 September 1957) is a Cuban and American singer, actress, and businesswoman.