I was born twice
I was born in Placetas, Cuba, on March 11. During delivery I suffered three cardio-respiratory arrests while the hospital went dark in a power outage. I spent my first 28 days in a coma — and on Easter Sunday, the doctors handed me to my parents to say goodbye at home.
But God had other plans. I grew up with an intellectual disability, I learned differently, I knew rejection — and still I graduated from university as a lyric soprano, sang with the Miami Opera, and today I walk onto stages carrying the message my album is named for: hope is born.
“My life is proof that with family, love, and great faith in God, the impossible becomes possible.”
- 1993
Born in Cuba; survives against every medical prognosis.
- 1997
Family moves to the Dominican Republic; she discovers singing at church.
- 2016
Graduates from Barry University in vocal performance; soprano with the Miami Opera.
- 2020
Releases “Nace una Esperanza” — Album of the Year, NY Academy of Christian Arts.
- 2023
Publishes “Viva de Milagro”; performs at Premios Arpa and with the Billy Graham Association.
- Today
Music, speaking, and the Hope is Born ministry.
The feature that brought this story into millions of homes: a birth during a blackout in Cuba, 28 days in a coma, and the voice nobody expected.
The full version, told by the people who lived it: the family told to say goodbye, the faith that carried her, and the road from Cuba to the stage.
