Alma Hernandez (born April 11, 1993) is an American politician serving as a Democratic member of the Arizona House of Representatives for the 20th district.
[5] Her first achievement as an elected official was the approval[4][6] with bipartisan support of an agreement to initiate mandatory training in crisis intervention and de-escalation for school resource officers in July 2019.
On July 6, 2021, a bill sponsored by Hernandez requiring Holocaust education in public schools in Arizona was passed by the State Legislature.
[11] Hernandez has worked as the coordinator of Tucson’s Jewish Community Relations Council,[12] and has been involved in the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.
[18] Hernandez has served with the Young Democrats of America Hispanic caucus, and participated in rallies protesting Trump Administration's family separation policy,[19] as well as coordinated deliveries of basic necessities to poor families in the Mexican border town of Nogales, where her mother is originally from, on behalf of a progressive activist group she co-founded, Tucson Jews for Justice.