Celia Rivero was born on October 31st 1926 in Las Vegas, Nevada to her parents, Margarita R. and Francisco G. Rivero. Her father moved from Tepic, Mexico to Las Vegas in 1917 and met her mother who came from Guadalupe de Los Reyes, Mexico. Celia lived in Downtown Las Vegas with her family for about sixteen years, before they moved to Vegas Heights which was a developing community in Las Vegas.

Lawrence E. Lermusiaux was born on November 11, 1951 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Lawrence Married Patricia Grace on September 14, 2000.

Lermusiaux graduated from Rancho High School and attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Lermusiaux is a real estate agent who has previously been a card dealer and pit boss at cosinos in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Lermusiaux's father, A. R. Lermusiaux, was employed by a Nevada Test Site Contactor.