Sandra Hernandez is a former lifelong resident of the scenic Hudson Valley who enjoys learning different languages and cultures as a third culture individual in the most diverse city in the world. Her professional experience includes serving immigrant communities with a focus on scaling up culturally and linguistically equitable access to services at the New York City government level through the NYC Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs and the Office of Immigrant Services and Language Affairs at the NYC Administration for Children’s Services. She currently supports immigration reform, the civic integration of immigrants, the protection of voting and civil rights, and reducing political polarization at state and national levels in the philanthropic sector at the Carnegie Corporation of New York.Experience in: Working for and alongside diverse and marginalized communities to create more equitable spaces and access to services, language instruction (Spanish and English to Speakers of Other Languages), immigration, technology, public health, child welfare, translation, language access, civil and voting rights.Interests: Language, language access, civil rights/Title VI, immigration, intersectionality, multiculturalism, and human rightsLanguages formally and formerly studied: Italian, Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, Arabic, and HebrewViews are my own.