Jane Bodman-Smith nub'i' pa Q'anchi'; Ixmukane nub'i' pa Kaqchikel. Xinaläx Wichita, Kansas, juk'al jun rajilab'al q'ij Julio, chupam ri juna' 1966. Rin xink'iytisäx pa Woodland Park, Colorado.
Winfield, Kansas nutinamit. Christopher Smith rub'i' wachijil. E k'oj oxi' wal, e
ka'i' ixtani', jun ala'. Stephan rub'i' wal ri ala'; Amanda rub'i' jun wal ixtän; Christin rub'i' jun chi'k wal ixtän.
In tijonel pa basico. Nink'üt estudios sociales. In tejoxel pa KU. Yintajin ninb'än jun maestría chi rij Latinoamerica. K'a ri; xtinb'än jun doctorado chi rij historia.