Claudia Hernández is a rising junior and part of the Posse program at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, where she is studying a major in Latin American Studies and Spanish. Originally from Tamaulipas, Mexico, she moved to Houston, Texas when she was four. Her work in the College includes doing independent research as a Mellon Fellow, assisting in teaching Spanish to college students, and being a research assistant of professor Palmar Alvarez-Blanco.