Eduviges Hernandez
Eduviges Hernandez (she/he), is an organizer with Somos Un Pueblo Unido since 2012; originally from Zacatecas Mexico. She has participated in several Somos Campaigns. Her first fight with the Organization was to keep Driver's licenses for all in New Mexico. Continuing her activism with Somos Un Pueblo Unido and being the wife of a worker in the oil and gas industry and a mother of five children, Eduviges testified before the New Mexico Congress in 2019 to support the passage of expanded renewable energy portfolio standards, as well as ensuring immigrant workers in rural areas are not left behind by the green economy. In 2021 Eduviges was one of the leaders behind a redistricting campaign called Somos el Mapa in the Southeast of New Mexico that favored immigrant workers. Currently, she gives presentations and organizes around job diversification in rural communities like Hobbs, where the economy is largely dependent on oil and gas production.