 Abaunza was born in Masaya, Nicaragua, member of a prestigious family.Her father was Alexander Abaunza Espinoza, President of the Congress of Nicaragua and Public Work Minister and Agriculture in the Partido Liberal, son of Carlos Abaunza Cuadra and wife Dolores Espinoza ...Her mother was his wife and first cousin Esmeralda Abaunza Solórzano, daughter of Fernando Abaunza Cuadra and wife Marina Solórzano Vasconcelos, daughter of Enrique Solórzano Cardoze and wife Luz Vasconcelos ..., both of Portuguese descent, and he the son of Ramón Solórzano Montealegre and second wife Mónica Cardoze ..., who by his first wife Juana Reyes Robira had Federico Solórzano Reyes, married to Rosa Gutiérrez ..., the parents of Carlos José Solórzano, 58th President of Nicaragua.