Gloria was born in Bakersfield, California, raised in south Texas and lived twenty years in Orlando, Florida. She worked at Cru Headquarters as a paid employee. In 2003 her leaders challenged her to join the staff of Campus Crusade for Christ (Cru) as a full‐time missionary! Her parents shared the story of them dedicating her to the Lord’s service when she was a baby which served as a confirmation of His calling on her life. Despite the fear, Gloria understood that she was to always be “faithful and obedient” to the Lord. Gloria served in the US Ministries office as executive assistant, Latin America Operations and the national operations and conference director for Destino.