Hernando Duran is an Industrial and Systems Engineer graduated from the Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores (ITESM) in the city of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.

Since 2007, he has developed professionally in the city of Tijuana, Baja California; highlighting his management from 2007 to 2013, as General Director of the State Commission of Public Services of Tijuana (CESPT); in addition to working as a teacher at the Universidad Iberoamericana Tijuana. He is currently Director of Tijuana Verde of Tijuana Innovadora, where he carries out actions in favor of the environment in the region, highlighting initiatives such as the Green Agora and the Academic Environmental Fair.