It was not so long ago that reality television did not exist. But with the launch of The Real World on MTV in 1992, television and the nature of celebrity were forever changed.
Zamora was born in Cuba and came to the United States as part of the Mariel boatlift in 1980. The youngest child in a close family, Zamora's life changed when his mother died when he was thirteen. Already a top student, he immersed himself in his studies. Then he began engaging in unprotected sex. When he was sixteen, he donated blood to the Red Cross and discovered that he was HIV-positive. Suddenly, Zamora's hopeful future took another sharp turn.