Antonia hernandez / biography

          Antonia Hernández is a..

          Antonia Hernández

          American lawyer

          Antonia Hernández (born 1948) is an attorney, activist, and philanthropist. She currently serves as president and CEO of the California Community Foundation.

          Antonia Hernández was born in Torreón, Mexico in to Manuel and Nicolasa Hernández.

        1. Antonia Hernández was born in Torreón, Mexico in to Manuel and Nicolasa Hernández.
        2. Antonia Hernández is an attorney, activist, and philanthropist.
        3. Antonia Hernández is a.
        4. Antonia Hernández (born ) is an attorney, activist, and philanthropist.
        5. An expert in philanthropy, civil rights and immigration issues, Hernández began her legal career as a staff attorney with the Los Angeles Center for Law and.

          6. Hernández was counsel for the plaintiffs in Madrigal v. Quilligan (1975), a class-action lawsuit filed by ten women of Mexican descent who were involuntarily sterilized at the Los Angeles County Hospital. She is also the first Latina woman to serve as staff counsel to the U.S.

          Senate Judiciary Committee from 1979 to 1980. In addition, Hernández served on the campaign team for Senator Ted Kennedy in his 1980 presidential campaign.

          HERNANDEZ WAS BORN IN on a communal ranch in Torreón, Mexico.

          She served as president and general counsel of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF) from 1985 to 2004.

          Early life and education

          Hernández was born in Torreon, Mexico in 1948 on a communal ranch to parents Manuel and Nicolasa Hernández.

          Her grandparents and father, born in the United States, were subject to the forced migration pra