Jaime Alfonso Escalante was born in nineteen thirty in la Paz, Bolivia. Both his parents were teachers. He taught math and science in his home country for twelve years.

海梅·阿方索·埃斯卡兰特1930年出生于玻利维亚的拉巴斯，他的父母均为教师，他在祖国玻利维亚做了12年数学和科学课程的教学工作。