[2] She is the daughter of Leopoldo Tormes García, who was a member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives for 20 years.

[4] In 1975, Tormes González was instrumental in identifying a new headquarters to consolidate all the documents of related to the history of Ponce.

Under her guidance, the Archivo Histórico de Ponce was first headquartered on the second level of Teatro La Perla.

She has held prominent roles in the Unión de Mujeres Americanas (American Women's Union).

[5] Archivo Histórico receives over 18,000 visitors every year, including historians, university professors, legislators, and students from Puerto Rico and abroad.

During the mayoral administration of Luis A. Morales (1973-1976) it was moved to the second floor of Teatro La Perla on 19 June 1975.

[13][14] It subsequently moved to Calle Marina across from Plaza Las Delicias in the facility that for many years held the Felipe Garcia department store.

[16] In 2017, social scientist and historian Eli D. Oquendo-Rodriguez dedicated to Gladys Esther Tormes González his 249-page documentary on Barrio Playa titled "A Orillas del Mar Caribe: Boceto Histórico de la Playa de Ponce, desde sus Primeros Habitantes hasta Principios del Siglo XX" (Sketch of Playa de Ponce, from its first inhabitants until the early 20th century).