[2][3] Javier Monthiel was born on April 11, 1967, in Ocotepeque, son of Antonio Leiva and Tereza de Jesús Ramirez.

More influential in his life was his stepfather Valentín Pérez, a railway worker, whom Javier credits with having taught him honesty, humility and the value of hard work.

[1] Javier began to sing at the school, initially at Soledad Fernández Cruz and then at the Dionisio de Herrera institute in San Pedro Sula, where in 1984 he won the Summer Song Festival championship in Tela, Atlántida in 1984.

[4] After these successful performances, Javier Monthiel opened the concerts of the Mexican Yuri, the Argentinian Enanitos Verdes and Soda Stereo and the Venezuelan Ricardo Montaner among others.

That year he was invited to sing the Honduran National Anthem at the opening of the World Cup competitions in San Pedro Sula.