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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/...ward-sharpe-the-magnetic-zeros_n_1594103.html
"In 2010, Jorge Narvaez picked up his guitar and sang a song with his then 6-year-old daughter, Alexa, and shared their cover of Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zero's "Home" with the world on YouTube. Three weeks later, they had millions of views and became the new kind of famous only found on the internet.
What you see is a loving father singing with his daughter -- what you don't know are all the struggles that Jorge, now 25, faced to get where he is today.
"From middle school to high school, it was about literally about trying to stay alive from gangs, staying out of trouble and getting out of trouble. It was horrible. It was hard," says Jorge, who grew up in San Diego, where he and his family still live.
In the summer between graduating high school and entering college, Jorge and his girlfriend Nancy became teen parents and had the now very spunky Alexa, and later, in 2008, their second daughter, Eliana. But first, in 2007, Jorge's mother was deported to Mexico. The family is still trying to get her back to the U.S.
"It took a toll on me spiritually, mentally and emotionally, and my grades and stuff. It tore me and Nancy apart. Till this day, I look back and think, 'Wow, I can't believe we made it,'" Jorge says."
