[6] He joined the Dutch National Ballet as a soloist in 2012,[6] and was promoted to principal dancer the following year after dancing the role of Prince Désiré in The Sleeping Beauty.

[7] After making a guest appearance in Swan Lake with the English National Ballet, he joined the company as a lead principal in 2015.

He is the first Mexican dancer to win the Prix Benois de la Danse award, the "Oscar of ballet.

He then acted in Manolo Caro's limited series for Netflix Someone Has To Die in the role of Lázaro, a ballet dancer.

[5] Hernandez and his brother Esteban set up a project in their hometown of Guadalajara to bring other dancers to perform and teach at workshops.