 From an early age Escobar knew that sports would likely present the best opportunity to escape the poverty she had inherited at birth.Escobar was found by a local coach in Esmeraldas named Silvio Mila.Mila practically refused to let Escobar walk away from the sport, and just four months after beginning to train in the sport she won her first medal, and was shortly thereafter invited to join the Ecuadorian Weightlifting team.