Humberto Gómez Pérez was born in San Andrés Larráinzar, Chiapas. He speaks Tsotsil and studied intercultural communication at the Intercultural University of Chiapas. He supplemented his training through different workshops and courses in writing, technical narrative, literary and audiovisual creation and film. Within the framework of the School of Documentary Film of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, he made the short film ''J'vobtik, our music'' and finished developing ''Ch'ul be, sacred path'', his first documentary feature film.

Humberto has developed professionally in communication and the arts and culture, focusing on the development of works and proposals in Tsotsil. He has given talks in different spaces, translated scripts, provided Spanish-Tsotsil simultaneous interpreting, and organized different cultural initiatives. In 2014, Humberto founded Satil Film, an organization dedicated to the promotion and production of documentary and audiovisual film. He is a member of the civil association, Mayan and Zoque Writers Unit, and co-author of the books “Stso’op Joj, Crows' Nest”, “Sk’op bolom-sk’op choj / Words of the Jaguar”, published by UNEMAZ, and “Cuentos indígenas mexicanos desde Chiapas [Mexican indigenous stories from Chiapas]”, published by Ediciones Catay.