When Maria del Socorro Velasquez Jimenez was born on 5 January 1917, in Arjona, Bolívar, Colombia, her father, Teofilo Velasquez jimenez, was 20 and her mother, Lola Jimenez Velez, was 19. She married Alberto Enrique Sierra Sabalza on 5 November 1939, in Cartagena, Bolívar, Colombia. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She died on 18 October 2013, in Cartagena, Bolívar, Colombia, at the age of 96.