Jacqueline Cereceres was born in El Paso, Texas, to Consuelo Cereceres, a business woman, and Miguel Angel Guzman, a Union Pacific Railroad engineer. She has three brothers, one sister, and 12 nieces and nephews. She was raised in the Catholic religion and attended St. Pius X until 7th grade. At the age of four, Jacqueline began taking ballet, dance, and acting classes, but was too shy to actually dance and act. Jacqueline attended the University of Texas at El Paso, studying International Business before moving to Los Angeles, CA in 2010. Jacqueline first began her training at The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in Los Angeles,CA. Since then she has further honed her craft at Playhouse West with Robert Carnegie and most recently with Saxon Trainor. Jacqueline has been awarded "Best Actress in a Short Film" at the St. Tropez International Film Festival and the "Ruby Award" in 2013 at the Cinerock Film Festival.