After the widowed mother Rafaela married the physician Stephen Campbell from Boston, her children assumed his last name, which was altered to Campobello by Nellie,Nellie Campobello, in Michael S. Werner: Concise encyclopedia of Mexico, 2001, p. 60. who cared for her little sister after the death of their mother in 1921. Together with her sister Nellie, she moved to Mexico City, where she danced as primaballerina of the Mexico City ballet and taught at the Escuela Nacional de Danza, today also known as Escuela Nacional de Danza Nellie y Gloria Campobello. After 1943 she had an affair with José Clemente Orozco, who left his family in 1946, and moved with her to New York City, where Gloria abandoned him.José Clemente Orozco - Career Timeline
