Practicing attorney Victor Hernández was born and raised in El Paso, Texas. He graduated from Isleta [sic, Ysleta] High School (under the Ysleta Independent School District) where he was batallion commander in the Junior Army ROTC program. He earned his Bachelor of Business Administration Degree from the University of Texas-El Paso (UTEP), where he was batallion commander under the UTEP Army ROTC program in which he was actively involved, and also served as a student senator. He received his commission as second lieutenant in the United States Army Reserves upon graduation from UTEP and achieved the rank of captain when he served in Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm (1990-1991). He married Aurora Chaides and worked towards a Master of Business Degree at Texas Tech University (TTU), but instead completed a Juris Doctorate Degree from TTU School of Law in 1987. He was first elected as a Lubbock city councilman in August 1993. He resigned as mayor pro tem in 2003, and from the city council in January 2004, in order to run for election for Municipal Court Judge. He was on the board of directors for the Texas Municipal League (TML), president of the Association of Hispanic Municipal Officials (a department of the TML) and on the board for the National League of Cities. He was a member of the Hispanic Elected Local Officials (under the National League of Cities), served on the Texas Attorney General's Municipal Advisory Committee, and was chairman of the local chapter of the Mexcan American Democrats of Texas (MAD).
From the description of Oral history interview with Victor Hernández, 1998 [videorecording]. (University of Texas at Arlington). WorldCat record id: 428156371
