There is much to admire about Gloria Estefan. She's talented, hardworking, successful, resilient, brave, and outspoken. One could look at her life and think of it as charmed, but the truth is that she has overcome quite a bit of adversity. For example, in 1990, when she was at the top of her game career-wise, she was in a devastating crash and was told that she might never walk again. But she worked hard and recovered her ability to walk. Even before that trauma, when she was only 9 years old, she was sexually abused a trusted family member.
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The first time that Gloria ever spoke publicly about the sexual abuse she endured as a child was on a 2021 episode of Red Table Talk: The Estefans on Facebook Watch. "Ninety-three percent of abused children know and trust their abusers. And I know this because I was one of them," she revealed. On that same episode she said, "I wanted to deal with this subject matter because it is so important to try to prevent."
More recently, in an interview for the documentary series Life Stories, Gloria is sharing more about her experience and what we as parents or guardians can do to protect our children. Check out what she had to say.