 Since the age of 15 she published her poetry in newspapers such as "El dictamen", "El correo de Sotavento", "La voz de Sotavento", and "La voz de Tlacotalpan".Some of her pen names were "Xóchitl", "Tololoche", and "Matusalén".Murillo was born in her family's home, located next to the Papaloapan River in Veracruz where her family had resided since colonial times.