Juanita Ramirez is the daughter of a Venezuelan drug lord and an Australian anthropologst. Juanita's parents were not married; her mother left at an early age, and her father was arrested in a raid by the United States Drug Enforcement Agency, leaving her an orphan. After her father's arrest, she moved to an orphange in São Paulo, Brazil. Juanita enjoys running and is skilled at Capoeira, a very leg-intensive Brazilian martial art.