Editing Emilio Portes Gil (section)

==Early life and education==
Portes Gil was of [[People of the Dominican Republic|Dominican]] descent and was born in [[Ciudad Victoria]], the capital of the state of [[Tamaulipas]], in northeastern Mexico.<ref name=Britannica>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/471134/Emilio-Portes-Gil "Emilio Portes Gil"]. ''Encyclopedia Britannica'', 2009.</ref> He was a relative of [[Trina de Moya]], a Dominican poet and former [[First Lady of the Dominican Republic|first lady]] of the Dominican Republic.<ref name=ec>{{cite news |first=Sergia |last=Mercado |title=Dominicanas Ilustres: doña Trina de Moya de Vásquez, María Montez y Mamá Tingó |url=https://www.elcaribe.com.do/gente/cultura/zona-retro/dominicanas-ilustres-dona-trina-de-moya-de-vasquez-maria-montez-y-mama-tingo/ |work=[[El Caribe (Dominican Republic)]] |publisher= |date=2021-03-05 |access-date=2021-08-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818204158/https://www.elcaribe.com.do/gente/cultura/zona-retro/dominicanas-ilustres-dona-trina-de-moya-de-vasquez-maria-montez-y-mama-tingo/ |archive-date=2021-08-18 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Although his grandfather had been a prominent politician in Tamaulipas, Portes Gil's father died when Emilio was young.  He lived with his widowed mother in straitened circumstances, but a state grant helped Portes Gil receive certification as a schoolteacher. He sought to study law.<ref>Ankerson, Dudley. "Emilio Portes Gil" in ''Encyclopedia of Mexico''. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn 1997, p. 1173.</ref>