Esmeralda Rubalcava Hernandez

Esmeralda Rubalcava Hernandez, LMSW (she/her/ella) is a community organizer, social worker, and Ph.D. student at the University of Texas at Arlington whose research interests are race, immigration, policing, and how these intersect. Her practice experience has centered around working with Latine communities, unaccompanied minors, survivors of domestic and intimate partner violence, survivors of trafficking, asylum seekers, refugees, and immigrants. Her community organizing centers around anti-racism and anti-colonialism within hegemonic systems towards a goal of racial equity and liberation. Esmeralda holds a Bachelor of Social Work from St. Edward’s University and a Master of Science in Social Work from the University of Texas at Austin.

Email - Ejr9470@mavs.uta.edu