Maricela Hernandez

Maricela Hernandez is a mother of one. She a outgoing lady. She was born in Tamulipas. When she was 18 her family moved to Mexico City where she studied to become a secretary but she always wanted to be a teacher. Maricela is one of many heroes in our community. Maricela used to work at Kelvyn Park High School with students and parents. Maricela loves helping people in our community. Something that she told us and others is that “ we should stay in school and learn how much we could because out there is another  world with so many things”

Maricela has been working with Logan Square Neighborhood Association for 7 years now. She stared by volunteering at LSNA. She was a parent mentor at KP for a couple of years. She works with students and parents. She visits those students with bad attendance and they will try to solve their problems. While Maricela was working with LSNA volunteering, she went to marches and had great experiences.

Maricela had so many experiences working with LSNA. Something that she liked the most was she helped the people around her. Like once she had a experience with a young lady that had dropped out. They got the students going back to school after a month or so she had a great attendance. Something that Maricela tells the students is, “Tell all the teenagers to stay in school because with an education you can get wherever you want to go and become whatever you want to in the future after high school.” Something that LSNA does is that they have a day that they go out and clean the neighborhood. Maricela likes the changes they did in the community. She loves helping others.

          Maricela’s ideas about the injustices in our community are that some schools don't have a lot of programs, extracurricular activities, the violence and danger and there isn't enough funding for the schools. The dangers that the students face are the dangers of the different gangs in the neighborhood. Some kids can't even walk home without being harassed by them. Those are some of the main concerns of the people and the parents in our community, and even some of the fellow students.

Maricela defines a hero is someone who’s always there for you when you need them without asking something back. Her heroes are her mom and her daughter for the fact that she loves them a lot. Her mom inspires her a lot because she has always been there for her since the day she was born her mom showed her how to be helpful and to always follow her dreams.

Something that Maricela Hernandez made me see was that she has such a sweetheart for kids, teenagers, and parents who need help and that she’s a lovely lady and hard worker because she doesn't only help students but the community. Something that I saw was the community needs heroes and organizations like LSNA to make big changes in the community. The reason that I believe that Maricela Hernandez is a great hero its cause she works in differents things and she always there to give you a hand if you need it.