Carlos N. Bouza-Herrera was born in La Habana, Cuba on 29/x/1942. He obtained his BSc. and MSc. in mathematical statistics at the School of Mathematics of Universidad de La Habana and his PhD at the University of Belgrade, former Yugoslavia, in 1977. Since 1971 he has been teaching at the Universidad de La Habana and is currently a consultant professor (emeritus). His research interests are sampling theory, non parametric inference, robust statistics and stochastic optimization. He has also taught undergraduate and graduate courses in Colombia, France, Mexico, Spain and Venezuela. He has been invited to develop joint research by institutions in Brazil, Colombia, China, Cuba, France, India, Italy, Mexico and Spain. He is the author of more than 150 papers and 12 books and monographs published by editorials in Asia, Europe, Latin America and the United States. He is currently working as a referee for different well-known journals and is a contributing editor of Current Index to Statistics and International Abstracts of Operations Research. His wife, Sira, and daughter, Gemayqzel, also have a PhD in Mathematics. He loves jazz and plays the saxophone and pan flute. His favorite sport is jogging.