Hector Rosales (born April, 1958 in Montevideo) is an Uruguayan poet and writer. As a child, he lived in the Aires Puros barrio (neighborhood) on Burges Avenue, near . He attended a local elementary school before moving up to the Mother Ana Lyceum. As a young adult, he went on to attend Dr. Eduardo Acevedo Institute in Montevideo, studying advocacy, where he went on the achieve a Baccalaureate in Law.