Leonor González Mina was born in Jamundí, Valle del Cauca, Colombia on June 16, 1934.

After six months, she participated as a dancer in a ballet by Delia Zapata Olivella and her brother Manuel, acting before an audience in Paris.

She demonstrated all the rhythms of Colombian culture, from a cumbia to a bambuco, her life and work was a legacy of musical identity and nation.

[citation needed] In 1975, González Mina represented her country in the fourth edition of the OTI Festival, which was held in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

The song, which summarized a sad reality in Latin America, moved both the audience and the juries and she got the third place in a tie with the Venezuelan entrant, Mirla Castellanos.