Figueres was the eldest of the four children of a Catalan doctor and his wife, a teacher, who had recently immigrated from Catalonia to San Ramón in west-central Costa Rica.
Figueres adalah anak sulung dari empat anak seorang dokter Catalan Spanyol dan istrinya, seorang guru. yang baru saja berimigrasi dari Spanyol ke San Ramon di Kosta Rika bagian tengah-barat.