Jesus Guillén grew up in Jiménez, Chihuahua, Mexico, and graduated with a degree in computer systems engineering from Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua in 2001. He moved to Oregon in 2002, when he began to study English and started as a vineyard laborer for Patricia Green Cellars. He became a winemaker at White Rose Estate in 2008 and, since 2007, for his own label, Guillén Family Wines.