Julio Garcia Estrada was born in Patzcuaro, Michoacán on 20th of December of 1923. He is the son of Dr. Rafael Garcia Munguia and Maria Estrada Aceves. His maternal grandfather was the Notary, Enrique Estrada Villegas and his paternal grandfather was Dr. Gabriel Garcia Romero.
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He began his elementary studies at Vasco de Quiroga School and later moved to Mexico City where he attended junior high school at Secundaria Numero Tres. While attending Secundaria Numero Tres he met Luis Echeverria Alvarez and Jose Lopez Portillo, who both later became Presidents of Mexico. He studied in the National School of Jurisprudence and became a member of generation 1941, There he was elected as the President of his school generation and reelected and continues to hold this position to date. After law school at he taught Civics at Secundaria 18 in Mexico City. He later became the private secretary of the General Director of Professions in the National Secretary of Education. He was also a substitute teacher for Sociology at the National School of Jurisprudence. He later founded Acapulco High School where he taught Logic & Sociology.
The National Association of Notaries gave him the medal “Francisco Vazquez Perez”, and for his 50th year as a lawyer he received a medal from the “Asociacion Nacional de Abogados” (National Association of Lawyers).
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