Katherine Acurio was born in Ambato, Ecuador in 1990 and grew up there. She attended primary school at Celiano Monge and high school at Tirso de Molina and Blanca Martínez de Tinajero. Currently, she is studying Nursery Education at the Technical University of Ambato's Faculty of Humanities and Education. She took an English Basic A course in 2011-2012.