Roberto Hernández was born in Coquimbo, Chile, on April 5, 1939. He received the Bachelor degree in teaching of history, geography and civic education, specialization in anthropology, from the University of Chile, Santiago, Chile, and the M.Sc. degree in rural development from the Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela. He was a Professor of Anthropology with the University of Chile. He was an Associate Professor of Rural Sociology and Social Sciences Methodology with the University Simón Rodríguez, Venezuela, and currently is a Joint Professor of Anthropology with the Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Chile (2006–2013). Mr. Hernández is a Member of the Latin American Association of Anthropology (ALA) and the Society of Applied Anthropology of the Unites States.