Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN Texas (DALLAS TX) - Yesterday Texas State Representative Roberto R. Alonzo was among local dignitaries in Dallas who welcomed highly-decorated and US congressional candidate from California - Jos Moreno Hernndez - to the community.
Mr. Hernandez is truly an inspirational story to many particularly Latinos and other minorities who aspire bigger dreams said Rep. Alonzo
. As a former migrant worker and son of Mexican immigrants who moved to California for a better for themselves and their children Mr. Hernandez and his family are a perfect example of the many possibilities and dreams that can happen when immigrant children and their families apply their unparalleled comitment dedication and strong work ethic to better themselves and their communities at large continued Rep. Alonzo.
In Photo above (From Left to right) Rep. Alonzo with Mr. Jose M. Hernandez Honorable Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings and Dallas City Councilwoman Monica R. Alonzo
A congressional candidate for the US congress from Stockton California Mr. Hernndez talked about his personal story and work ethic when he visited Dallas. Mr. Hernandez studied engineering in school and went on to help develop mammography technology. He eventually become an astronaut living the dream hed had from the age of 9. He says his father put him on the path to success by telling him With hard work and an education you can reach it." Hernandez says that as an engineer hes trained to solve problems and thats what he hopes to do in Congress. He is an American engineer and NASA astronaut by profession.
Hernndez stated that as a child he lived half the year in La Piedad and half in the United States. As a child Hernndez worked alongside his family and other farmworkers throughout the fields of California harvesting crops and moving from one town to another. He attended many schools and didnt learn to speak English until he was 12 years old. Hernndez was assigned to the crew of Space Shuttle mission STS-128. He also served as chief of the Materials and Processes branch of Johnson Space Center. Hernndez previously developed equipment for full-field digital mammography at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Hernndez left NASA in 2011.
During high school Hernandez participated in Upward Bound a Federal Trio program that prepares students for college. He graduated from Franklin High School in Stockton. And while in college he was involved in the Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement (MESA) program an academic preparation program that provides support to students from educationally disadvantaged backgrounds so they can attain four-year degrees in science technology engineering or math (STEM) fields. He earned a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of the Pacific in 1984 and in 1986 received an M.S. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of California at Santa Barbara.
