 Regina Martínez Pérez was born in the small town of Rafael Lucio, Veracruz on 7 September 1963.Her parents, María Lorenza Pérez Vázquez and Florencio Martínez Romero, had 11 children.From a young age, Martínez Pérez wanted to be a journalist; after graduating from high school, she left her hometown to study journalism at Universidad Veracruzana (UV).