Rita María Hernández

Rita María Hernández is a wife, mother, and grandmother. She has a master's degree in education sciences and a PhD in public policy from the University of Baja California with a specialty in counseling for women, teenagers, and girls. She has worked for thirty-five years in the educational field, running educational centers, writing curriculum, and training leaders. For ten years, she has worked on issues related to sex trafficking and violence against women and girls. From 2015 to 2018, she...See more

Rita María Hernández is a wife, mother, and grandmother. She has a master's degree in education sciences and a PhD in public policy from the University of Baja California with a specialty in counseling for women, teenagers, and girls. She has worked for thirty-five years in the educational field, running educational centers, writing curriculum, and training leaders. For ten years, she has worked on issues related to sex trafficking and violence against women and girls. From 2015 to 2018, she worked as Director of Comisión Unidos vs. Trata, where she still collaborates. Today, she is the general director of HPA Educational Services, a member of the executive committee of the International Coalition for the Abolition of Prostitution, president of the organization Por Siempre Libre (Forever Free) in Tijuana, and general director of Mujer Libre (Free Woman), an online ministry for women. She was the winner of the Human Rights award in 2017 in Baja California granted by the State Human Rights Commission. See less