Paulina Hernández

Paulina Hernández is a queer femme cha-cha girl, artist, political organizer & trouble-maker-at-large from Veracrúz, Mexico. She lives in Durham, NC and is the Co-Director of Southerners on New Ground (SONG), having joined the staff after coordinating the Southern regional youth activism program at the Highlander Research & Education Center for over 4 years.

Paulina has a background in farm worker and immigrant rights organizing, youth organizing, anti-violence work, and cultural work. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Third Wave Foundation & Student Action with Farmworkers (in Durham, NC).