Julius Lynn Meyer was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, to Maria Rachel Consuelo Lucero who was of Spanish decent and part Native American Apache, and Julius Philidelphious Meyer who is of German, Spanish, and Jewish ancestry. The second oldest of 9 children Julius grew up in what he calls "Another day another adventure household" where there was often more than a dozen children living. Cousins and friends would stay over at the Meyer's for days on end. Awarded a Warren A. Smart scholarship his Senior year at Valley High School, which helped pay tuition for 2 years at the University of New Mexico as a Fine Arts Major. Show less «