 Her father was the engineer Andrés Palacios, a direct descendant of Bonifacio Palacios, uncle of Simón Bolívar, and his mother, Isabel Caspers, niece of Ezequiel Zamora.The Caspers Palaces, despite their illustrious last names, had no means of fortune.In her childhood, the family lived in La Candelaria, in the Plaza del Pantheon and in Maiquetía.