José Carlos Meza

Meza was born in the rural town of San José in Melipilla, where he spent his childhood and part of his adolescence. He was raised in a Catholic family made up of José Meza, a construction worker, and Gloria Pereira, a peasant woman dedicated to temporary fruit picking. José Carlos Meza also has a twin brother and two other siblings. He completed his primary studies at the rural school San José de la Villa, while his secondary studies were at the Liceo Hermanos Sotomayor Baeza in that commune near to Santiago Metropolitan Region.

In 2007, Meza entered the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso to study Law. Fourteen years later, in January 2021, he obtained his law degree from the Chilean Supreme Court.