Born on May 23, 1949 in Santo Domingo, she is a superstar from the Dominican Republic, singer, actress and TV presenter all in one, Charytín Goyco. Popularly known as Charytín, Goyco was born to a Dominican father and a Spanish mother. When Charytin’s mother broke up with her father, she and her brothers were taken to Spain. Ten years later, they returned to the Dominican Republic when her parents reconciled.
In 1960, Charytin moved to Puerto Rico and met television producer and actor Elin Ortiz, who became her husband. She began her career in Puerto Rico in 1970 with her own weekly television program on WAPA-TV that lasted 15 years. With her own song “Mosquita Muerta” reaching the top of the charts in several countries such as Argentina, Mexico and Venezuela, Charytin became an international superstar who made the Dominican flag proud. She gave birth to her first child in 1979 and named him Shalym, who is a budding actor who appeared on the TV show Lizzie McGuire.
In 1988, Charytin with her husband and son moved to Miami where she became pregnant. In 1990, she gave birth to twins, a girl and a boy. Charytin devoted himself to raising her children. She usually takes them along with her trip to Puerto Rico. In the late 1990s, she returned to being a television presenter through a Spanish commercial network in Miami. She began hosting her own gossip television show in 2002 for Telefurtura-Escándalos de la Mediadia. For her contribution to the Dominican Republic, she was honored by the Dominican Republic Art Critics Association in 2007.
