Herbert Brito was born in Havana, Cuba, and came to the United States by way of Operation Pedro Pan in January 1961 at the age of seven. Having been raised in the Miami area, he is fluent in Spanish and English. Herbert graduated from Coral Gables Senior High School and holds a Master of Arts in Architecture degree, with a specialty in Architectural Preservation, from the University of Florida.

After his graduate studies, Herbert went to work as an Architectural Historian for the National Register of Historic Places and was then appointed Historic Preservation Planner for the city of Savannah, Georgia. While in Savannah, Herbert founded the Historic Preservation program at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD).

Herbert is principal of his own design firm specializing in high-end residences, historic preservation projects, hospitality design commissions, and other specialty projects throughout the United States and abroad. Many of his completed projects have been featured in national and regional design publications as well as on television and the Internet.

Honored with numerous Design Excellence Awards from the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID), Herbert has also received the Georgia Chapter ASID Education Excellence Award and the coveted Design Achievement Award. In addition, Herbert has been named a Design Excellence Peer in Historic Preservation and Interior Design by the U.S. General Services Administration.

As a complement to his practice, Herbert has been an active college-level educator for over three decades and has lectured frequently on historic preservation, architecture, interior design, and decorative arts.