Yoslin Amaya Hernandez
Student Advocacy Coordinator
Yoslin is a Generation Hope Alumni and a recent graduate of the University of Maryland with a Bachelor's in Government and Politics. She also graduated from Montgomery College in 2019 with an Associates in General Studies. As a teen parent/student parent, Yoslin understands first hand the struggles of juggling college while also parenting. Being an Alumni of the program, Yoslin hold's Generation Hope's mission near and dear to her heart and is excited to join the team as their first ever Student Advocacy Coordinator. Being a woman of color, DACA recipient and student parent, she has experienced how transformative her college degree has been for her and her family and knows too well the economic mobility it provides. As a result of her lived experience and the support she received from Generation Hope, she was able to advocate for herself and student parents across the nation through various engagements. She is excited to join the organization and continue her advocacy efforts to make higher education more equitable for parenting students and other marginalized groups. Prior to working with Generation Hope, she was the Community Liaison for Maryland Delegate Jared Solomon and served as Parent Advisor for Ascend's Postsecondary Success For Parents Initiative. During her free time she enjoys cooking and spending time with her family.
Quote:
"Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome."
— Booker T. Washington
Why I chose this quote:
The reason I chose this quote is because as an undocumented woman and a teen parent, the odds of going to college were high and the tumultuous life I had as a child had taken school out of the picture. I have had to overcome many obstacles to get to where I wanted to be and to me success is not about what title follows my name, but rather all the challenges I was able to overcome. During my graduation at UMD, President Pines opened his speech with this quote and it reinforced and reminded me that just by sitting in that audience with the rest of the graduates, I was already successful.