Valentina Hernandez:
CLASS OF 1979
Greenfield Elementary SchoolClass of 1979
Greenfield, CA
Harvard University - EducationClass of 1993
Cambridge, MA
San Diego State University - EducationClass of 1988
San diego, CA
King City High SchoolClass of 1983
King city, CA
Valentina's Story
I was born in Mexicali, BC Mexico. My family migrated to the United States. My dad Oscar Hernandez worked as a Bracero. My mom and dad came from Sinaloa Mexico. They had 4 sons and 2 daughters. I began school in King City, California in Monterrey County. I was kicked out of kindergarten because my Anglo teacher did not give me back my dime. I got frustrated after asking her many times and then I scratched her face. I was sent to San Lorenzo Elementary School. At this school my teacher yelled at me and said, "When I say Valentina, you say here!" I yelled back at her and I said, "Yo soy Tinita." When I got home I told my mom and the next day she went to the school office. She told them that when she enrolled me, that she told them to call me Tinita. That w...Expand for more
as my first experience of being empowered and fighting for my rights. At San Lorenzo Elementary I met my first friend Patty Soto. She later went to high school with me at King City High School. We lost contact for a while because my family bought their first home in Greenfield, California near freeway 101.
I went to 3rd grade in Mrs. Fishers classroom in Greenfield Primary School. I graduated from Greenfield Middle School, King City High School (1983), San Diego State University (1988,1992) and Harvard University (1993). I am an educator, community activist, photographer and artist. I have two masters degrees. I got married in 1996 and I have 3 children. I live in San Diego, California. I am a strong advocate for bilingual education and the GATE Program.
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