A local teacher and community organizer has been chosen to fill a state House seat in northwest Denver.
At age 26, he’ll become the youngest member of the Colorado legislature and the first member of Generation Z to serve as a state lawmaker.
A Democratic Party vacancy committee elected Hernández to serve out the remaining term of Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez, who was recently elected to the Denver city council.But he says the year and a half he spent teaching at North helped change his mind. “The leaders of my school have labeled me as divisive, and disruptive,” Hernández told Denver7 last year. “The principal of my school has called me aggressive and attacking, coded language that is hurtful and detrimental to men of color.”Hernandez was later hired to teach in Aurora.
In addition to gun violence, Hernández also plans to make housing affordability and education funding top priorities.
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