TONY HERNANDEZ
Summer Fellow, Economic Security & Opportunity InitiativeTony graduated with honors from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor’s degree in Government and Rhetoric and Writing in 2018. His research experience includes a study on the effects of racial bias and socio-economic status on the quality of health care. Tony has mentored incoming students through UT’s Leadership and Ethics Institute, worked as a Writing Consultant at UT’s Undergraduate Writing Center, and registered eligible voters in Travis County through Texas Rising, a student organization. Tony also served as a GLAAD campus ambassador and advocated for LGBTQIA+ visibility and rights, and increased access to HIV/STI testing in low income communities. Tony is an HSF-Gates Millennium Scholar, Phi Beta Kappa member, Archer Fellow alum, and a CHCI alum.