 When Juanga was still a small child, a woman who worked at a shelter for kids saw him on the streets and told his mom that Juanga could have a better life at the shelter. There he could learn rather than be forced to work. In interviews for his TV bio series Hasta Que Te Conocí, Juan Gabriel talked about how even as a three-year-old, he felt his life was over when he realized his mom had left him at the shelter for good.