We were lucky to catch up with Gabriela Zambrano recently and have shared our conversation below.

Gabriela , appreciate you joining us today. We’d love to hear the backstory behind a risk you’ve taken – whether big or small, walk us through what it was like and how it ultimately turned out.

It is my conviction that, to move forward in life, we need to take risks.
and I understand that we will face set backs, but they don’t define my future.
in the following lines I want to explain why I am who I am and why I am where I am.

I grew up in Trujillo, Peru.
when I was 2 years old my mom left and me and my sisters stayed with my dad, and in the mids of all the pain and confusion we stayed together. My dad took good care of us, but the pain didn’t go away. We grew up in a christian environment and faith became an anchor to my soul, but somehow I needed something more, I needed to find expression for the silent cry of my soul. Those an-answered questions, the hidden roots of bitterness, fear and confusion of my heart. And it was around the age of 8 that I discovered artistic expressions like the guitar and singing. It didn’t take long for me to realized that this was what I wanted to do and that was needed to give expression to my soul. As the years went by I got involved in different artistic areas in my church, slowly but surely I realized that this artistic gift in my life was meant for something way bigger than what I thought it was possible. So I stared to take risks. At the beginning they were small, but it helped me to realize that I could achieve greater things.

I already knew what I wanted to do in life, but the big question was, how is this gonna happen?

After the big world pandemic in 2020 (covid), my dad decided to move with the family to the U.S. March of 2021, my dad gathered the family to talk about this it and there, in that moment is when I realized that moving to the States was my only big chance to make things happen. I have less than one year, what am I gonna do?.
So I stared practicing my English and working at a music academy as a music teacher, so I could save some money to pay for my own documents that I needed and to have extra just in case.

August 27th of 2021 I arrived in Los Angeles, CA.
I am about to be 19 in a couple of days, im excited, I feel new and extremely happy to see what life brings next. The grass is definitely greener on the other side, until you step on it, holding chunks of old grass on your hands not being able to enjoy the fresh and greener grass you have in front of you, until you let go of the old one.

I was always a super insecure and shy girl and that lead me to depend on my parents for everything, I didn’t believe I could do things on my own, thinking I was worthless, I didn’t know who I was.
A year went by since we moved and my family needed to go back to Peru, even tho that was once of the hardest years of my life, after giving a 360 spin to my life, I knew that I couldn’t go back or give up just because of fear.
so I decided to stay in California and that was one of the biggest risks I’ve taking in my whole life. Just me in an unknown country, different language, no friends, no family, no lifestyle.

its been almost 4 years and I do not regret it.
4 years of getting to know who I am, 4 years of finding myself, 4 years of highs and lows, tears, anxiety, boldness, 4 years of learning from my mistakes and facing my fears while growing to be who I now am.

April 4th I will be releasing my 1st single ever, taking the risk of putting myself out there knowing that there is much better musicians and definitely more talented artist than me, but I believe everyone has something unique to share with the wold that comes from our heart, so here it is mine.

I’m definitely not done learning and I will never be, and definitely not even close to who I wanna be and where I wanna be, but giving up is not an option not even a thought.

Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers.

I am 22 years old, I love creating music and writing music and thats my main focus, but I also love acting, dancing, writing poems, etc.

I started working with Uneak (my producer) over a yer ago. He is super talented and all the ideas I have he turns them into reality. Something that I really wanted is to work with someone who believes in me and in my talent and someone who I could trust. found it!

I want to share my art with the world, whether I’m singing the song or another artist is singing my song.

I love writing about deep life situations about things nobody really talks about, I don’t sing just about the heart but what’s in the heart. I want people to relate to my lyrics, heal and feel encouraged while they listen to my music.
I found the answer / solution to my problems, and I need to tell the world about it.

Everything I do, I do it with passion, I want to be able to do this 24/7 I want to dedicate my life to art in all of its expressions.
and I believe, together, we can make this happen.

We often hear about learning lessons – but just as important is unlearning lessons. Have you ever had to unlearn a lesson?

I had to unlearn how to live with a poor mentality.

Everybody has dreams, but it is your decision to turn your dreams into a vision. That requires faith, requires Taking risks and a lot of discipline.

I didn’t understand this when I was a kid but I always remember my dad saying “do never say that something is impossible”
“the only one who can stop you from doing what you want to do is yourself ”
A lot of very talented people don’t succeed because they are afraid to invest on their self.

that mentality now helps me and encourages me to never regret my decision of investment, even when it doesn’t work out, because now I know better than before.

I’ve learned to not be afraid about investing in yourself.

Are there any books, videos or other content that you feel have meaningfully impacted your thinking?

“Talent is never enough” by John Maxwell
‘Becoming a person of influence” by John Maxwell
“visioneering” by Andy Stanley
“bible”

Contact Info:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dadin.music?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
• Other: TikTok:
  https://www.tiktok.com/@dadin.music?_t=ZM-8vBkPLv7mLt&_r=1

Image Credits

JR Martinez
John Calvary