Joaquina Cabrera was born to parents Valeriano Arévalo and Juana Cabrera in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala on 21 August 1836, but her parents would separate shortly thereafter.
Much is unknown about Cabrera's early life but for the details recorded in historian Rafael Arévalo Martínez's book ¡Ecce Pericles!
and the official Guatemalan government mouthpieces Álbumes de Minerva and La Locomotora, the latter of those once referring to Cabrera as "the Distinguished Doña Joaquina Cabrera de Estrada" even though she was not married.
Historians generally agree that Cabrera and her son Manuel led a humble life making and selling confectioneries in the streets of Quetzaltenango and catering for wealthy families in the locality such as the Aparicios.
Joaquina Cabrera was born to parents Valeriano Arévalo and Juana Cabrera in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala on 21 August 1836, but her parents would separate shortly thereafter. Much is unknown about Cabrera's early life but for the details recorded in historian Rafael Arévalo Martínez's book ¡Ecce Pericles! and the official Guatemalan government mouthpieces Álbumes de Minerva and La Locomotora, the latter of those once referring to Cabrera as "the Distinguished Doña Joaquina Cabrera de Estrada" even though she was not married. Historians generally agree that Cabrera and her son Manuel led a humble life making and selling confectioneries in the streets of Quetzaltenango and catering for wealthy families in the locality such as the Aparicios.
Joaquina Cabrera