{"id":3854,"date":"2021-02-04T11:12:42","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T18:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nau.edu\/teaching-and-learning\/?p=3854"},"modified":"2021-02-04T11:12:42","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T18:12:42","slug":"holding-the-torch-of-hope-the-story-of-a-latinx-lumberjack-and-her-mission-to-change-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-teaching-learning\/holding-the-torch-of-hope-the-story-of-a-latinx-lumberjack-and-her-mission-to-change-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Holding the torch of hope: The story of a LatinX Lumberjack and her mission to change the world"},"content":{"rendered":"
Though she was writing songs at the age of seven, and enjoyed singing and dancing in the girl group she created with her cousin and sister, Hernandez always found herself helping others. Growing up in a low-income, single-parent household, she knew how hard things could be for people and she just wanted to be any help she could.<\/p>\n
As a child, Guadalupe Hernandez<\/strong>\u00a0had two dreams. \u201cFirst, I wanted to be a pop star\u2014so original, right? Second, I wanted to change the world. I didn\u2019t know how, but I knew I wanted to help those who needed it.\u201d<\/p>\n