PhD Student and Graduate Research Assistant
University of Texas at Arlington
Round Rock, TX, United States
Esmeralda Rubalcava Hernandez, LMSW (she/her/ella) is a bilingual/bicultural community organizer, social worker, and Ph.D. candidate at the University of Texas at Arlington. She focuses on anti-colonial racial studies at the intersection of policing and immigration systems, decolonization, and anti-oppressive social work pedagogy. Her practice experience has centered around working with Latine communities, unaccompanied minors, survivors of domestic and intimate partner violence, survivors of trafficking, asylum seekers, refugees, and immigrants. Her community organizing centers around anti-racism and anti-colonialism within hegemonic systems towards a goal of racial equity and liberation. Esmeralda holds a Bachelor of Social Work from St. Edward’s University and a Master of Science in Social Work from the University of Texas at Austin.
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Friday, October 25, 2024
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
Night and Day: Racial Disparities in Arrests Across Black and Latine Communities in 2020
Saturday, October 26, 2024
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT