Aguilar-Hernández is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the UCLA César E. Chávez Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies for Spring 2018. He is the proud son of immigrant farmworkers from Zacatecas, México. Aguilar-Hernández grew up in the Ventura County and transferred from Moorpark Community College to UCLA where he earned a B.A. in Chicana/o Studies and History.