When Hilda Aguera Cortijo was born on 27 December 1935, in Pederneiras, São Paulo, Brazil, her father, Marcos Agüera Sánchez, was 39 and her mother, Carmem Lopes, was 34. She married Agostinho Cortijo on 25 June 1964, in Ipiranga, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. She died on 17 April 2010, in São Caetano do Sul, São Paulo, Brazil, at the age of 74, and was buried in São Caetano do Sul, São Paulo, Brazil.