married young while attending college on athletic scholarship, trevino unexpectedly became a divorced single parent, then later a serious custody battle over her daughter. as a single working parent trevino watched a women's match on tv and was intent on mastering a new physical challenge. she talked her way into some pretty tough gyms. on one occasion a head trainer matched trevino with an advanced fighter who was told to go hard on her. when the fighter exposed an opening trevino said she got the living air kicked out of her. it took all her strength to stand back up gasp for air, regain her composure and not walk out defeated. it convinced trevino to work harder on strategy and improving her defense. later impressed with her courage the same gym owner offered her a fight contract where the percentage taken was not going to be in her best interest (without any sponsorships or endorsements, financial backing) , nothing in comparison to the lucrative contacts of today. while most gyms were preparing guys for the golden gloves competitions with dreams of olympic gold medals and future lucrative professional boxing careers. trevino could only imagine the possibilities for women to display their pugilist talent, not only in competing but training others, who love to stay in shape.