Gerardo L. Berríos-Martínez was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Secondary Education with a concentration in Art, and a Master of Arts degree specializing in History. He has worked as a legislative advisor and educator. At the Rafael Hernández-Colón Foundation, he has worked on the Governor Rafael Hernández-Colón Memoirs project and other archival and service tasks, and he is currently the Director of the Historical Archive of this institution, which follows the model of the Presidential Foundations in the United States.