Rosa María Teresa Adriasola Olave was born in Lebu on 2 July 1951. She began writing poetry at an early age. Her basic education took place in Chillán. She later undertook secondary studies at the , a school for nuns. In 1969, she majored in philosophy at the , where she remained for four years. After the 1973 coup d'état by General Augusto Pinochet against the Popular Unity government, in 1975, she studied literature at the Department of Humanistic Studies of the Faculty of Physical Sciences and Mathematics, then directed by Cristián Huneeus, with teachers such as Jorge Guzmán, , Enrique Lihn, and Nicanor Parra.