Alvaro Reyes studied Agricultural Engineering with a specialization in Agricultural Economy at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. Based on his interest on economy, he studied a Master of Science in Engineering, mention management and economy at the same university. In 2000, he worked in the National Fruit Growers Federation of Chile as manager of fruit research development projects. In 2003 he was appointed as professor and director of the Agricultural Department at the Universidad Santo Tomas in Santiago, Chile. In this capacity, he submitted to public agencies over 40 research development projects elaborated in conjunction with universities and other public and private research institutions in topics related with rural financial markets, cooperatives and co-innovations. He joined the Development Economics Group of Wageningen University and in 2011 he has successfully completed his PhD training program of Social Science. In 2018, he was appointed as National Director of Agricultural School at the Universidad Santo Tomas in Santiago, Chile.