Hernandez, Lourdes; Porzucki, Nina (facilitator/other). Discovery Green Park, 2009-12-11T14:30:00

Lourdes Hernandez (54) talks with facilitator Nina Porzucki (30) about her modest beginnings to attaining a law degree from Harvard.

00:50 Lourdes was born in Mexico to a single mother named Elgracia. Her mother's family were farmers and impoverished.

04:00 Lourdes traveled with her family to Calexico, TX when she was five-years-old and that's where she began school. She describes the first day of school and recalls the first English words she learned.

06:40 Lourdes mentions her 5th grade teacher Carol Ross to be her most influential teacher. Lourdes says she couldn't read well in 5th grade, but her teacher made her the classroom librarian.

13:25 Lourdes talks about her 8th grade graduation and how important it meant to her.

17:20 Lourdes talks about applying to Stanford and getting accepted. She remembers the day she told her mother.

26:40 Lourdes talks about going into Harvard Law School after she was done with her under-grad. She reflects on what she would tell her 5-year-old self if she had the chance.