Edwin Lucero Rinza is the son of Luis Enrique Lucero and Felicia Rinza. He was born in the Kañaris district of the Lambayeque region of Peru. He is the fifth of eight siblings, he completed primary and secondary school in the Kañaris district, and he is currently a student of Intercultural Bilingual Education at the San Ignacio de Loyola University. He is an author and editor of poetry, as well as a promoter of the Quechua language in multicultural contexts.