Beritess was born on 20 BBY, to two Mon Calamari who worked within the Mon Cal Shipyards. Both of them were prominent in the research and development department. They were not too thrilled by the Galactic Empire and what it was doing and stood for, but they worked on the Imperial-Calamari design vessel, which was ultimately deemed a failure and one of the reasons why the Empire didn't contract with Mon Cal Shipyards. Beritess growing up was instilled with a large sense of justice and discipline. When she was eight, her parents who had been trying for years to have another child, were successful and her younger brother, Shosnkuo, was born. Her parents continued their research work, and unbeknownst to Beritess' father, her mother started doing work on the side for the Rebel Alliance and send