Hernandez has served as an elected member of the Cartwright Elementary School District Board since 2004. In this role, she attended a Mexican American School Boards Association meeting in Texas in 2019 and reportedly caused a scene while intoxicated. She was banned from the organization's events for two years and her position as chair-elect of the National Hispanic Council of the National School Boards Association was revoked due to the incident.[1]
In February 2024, Hernandez filed an ethics complaint alleging other Arizona Democrats bullied her. The complaint was ultimately dismissed for being identical to a previously dismissed workplace harassment complaint made by her.[4]
She ran for the seat again in 2016, challenging Quezada in the Democratic primary. The race was notably uncivil and negative between the two candidates, with both candidates and their respective supporters attacking each other on social media.[2] Quezada ultimately defeated Hernandez again.
2019 Phoenix City Council campaign
In 2019, Hernandez ran for Phoenix City Council. She was defeated in the primary election.[5]
