Alanis J. Hilario Serrano was raised in a family of five and grew up in Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico. For all of her schooling through high school, she attended Antilles Military Academy; in high school, she joined the Antilles Military Academy JROTC program and, as the school’s Battalion Commander, graduated as a Colonel. She was a member of the school’s Honor Society, the Color Guards, the Unarmed Eagles Drill Team and many other teams and clubs. Hilario is currently a student at the University of Puerto Rico in Rio Piedras, working on a BA in interdisciplinary studies.