Alma Hernandez was born on April 11,1993 and is an American politician serving as a Democratic member of the Arizona House of Representatives for the 20th district.
15 Facts About Alma Hernandez
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Alma Hernandez was the youngest woman elected to the Arizona House of Representatives.
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At the age of 14, when she was a student at Sunnyside High School, Alma Hernandez was assaulted by two 19-year-old seniors outside the school, and then assaulted by the School Resource Officer who intervened.
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On July 6,2021, a bill sponsored by Alma Hernandez requiring Holocaust education in public schools in Arizona was passed by the State Legislature.
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Alma Hernandez said that her allegiance was "to Arizonans, not to Hobbs" in an interview with Arizona Mirror.
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Alma Hernandez has worked as the coordinator of Tucson's Jewish Community Relations Council, and has been involved in the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.
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On May 18,2021, one of the doors of the Congregation Chaverim, which Alma Hernandez belongs to, was smashed with a rock, and on June 7,2021, a Chabad synagogue was vandalized in Tucson.
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On July 11,2021, Alma Hernandez spoke at a rally organized by pro-Israel Jewish organizations held in front of the United States Capitol, denouncing antisemitism and stating her support of Israel.
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Additionally, in 2021, Alma Hernandez introduced and passed a bill to make Holocaust education mandatory in Arizona.
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In 2023, following the Hamas attacks on Israeli civilians, Alma Hernandez was targeted by anti-Israel activists in her home neighborhood.
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Alma Hernandez has been a vocal leader of Arizona Democrats rallying against pro-Palestinian organizations such as Mass Liberation.
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In 2024, Alma Hernandez wrote that labeling all Jews as white is "inherently racist and antisemitic".
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Alma Hernandez described indigenous Jewish communities in Arab countries and Iran "who never left" until they were forced to flee in the 20th century; Black Jews; Latin American Jews; and Asian Jews.
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Alma Hernandez has served with the Young Democrats of America Hispanic caucus, and participated in rallies protesting Trump Administration's family separation policy, as well as coordinated deliveries of basic necessities to poor families in the Mexican border town of Nogales, where her mother is originally from, on behalf of a progressive activist group she co-founded, Tucson Jews for Justice.
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Alma Hernandez was raised in a non-religious home and converted to Judaism in 2015; she became interested in learning about Judaism during her teenage years after discovering that her maternal grandfather was Jewish.