 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Naya Marie Rivera akaberekerwa muValencia, California, musi waJanuary 12, 1987. Panguva iyoyo, Valencia yakanga iri imwe yenharaunda ina dzisina kubatanidzwa dzaizobatanidzwa kuti dziumbe guta reSanta Clarita, Los Angeles County, muna December 1987. Rivera akakurira muValencia uye aigara muLos Angeles kana pedyo nayo kwehupenyu hwake hwose. Akanga ari wedzinza reAfrica yeAmerica, yeGermany, uye yePuerto Rican. Apo shoko rokuti Afro-Latinx rakapararira zvikuru muma2010, aiwanzonzi akadaro. Vabereki vake ndiYolanda Previtire akazvarwa White, mumiriri wezvivakwa uye aimbove modhi, naGeorge Rivera, akashanda mabasa akasiyana siyana eIT, kusanganisira zvinzvimbo kuDisney neUniversal Music Publishing Group. George naYolanda vakanga varoorana muna 1986 asi vakarambana muna 1996, uye Yolanda akaroorwa naCharles Previtire muna 1999; Rivera aiva pedyo nababa vake vokurera, asi akanga asingazivi chaizvoizvo vanasekuru vake. Ambuya vake vaamai vake vaiva Clara White aimbova Weaver, chipangamazano wekubvisa pamuviri uye munhu ari mumutambo wekodzero dzevanhu uyo aibatanidzwa muMarch paWashington, Selma kuenda kuMontgomery mafambiro, uye 1968 Chicago mhirizhonga, uye akaronga kuratidzira pamwe chete uye akamiririrwa nomushingairi uye gweta Lloyd Barbee. 