Angel Hernandez
President
Angel Hernandez is the current President for DCLA. He is passionate about libraries and education and believes that, as a lifelong learner, researcher, educator, and librarian, libraries are continuously evolving and changing their role in our community. It is his goal to be part of this "library revolution" and help improve education and transform libraries into something more than just the place with books around the corner; to further the advancement of academics and pedagogy, to contribute to the innovation of libraries and science, and to serve the community through developments in technology and education as a teaching professional.
Angel was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, but was raised here in Miami. He graduated from Miami Senior High School, received his Bachelor's Degree in Composition from the University of Florida, and received his Master of Science Degree in Library Information Science from Florida State University. He has been a public school teacher for about 5 years. He is certified in English, Music, and as an Educational Media Specialist and has served as Librarian, Media Specialist, English Teacher, Music Teacher, and Technology Teacher for both Miami Dade County Public Schools and Broward County Public Schools.
As a school librarian at the primary level, Angel taught technology and provided library instruction for grades PK-5 as well as children in the Head Start program. During Technology classes, he taught coding and promoted Code.org’s “Hour of Code” school-wide. As part of the coding initiative, he created and led the Video Game Development program where students in 4th and 5th grade electives had the opportunity to create their own video game using MIT’s Scratch software and Minecraft EDU and showcased their work at Engineering is Elementary (EIE). He was also in charge of TV Production, BECON’s Distance Learning, the Accelerated Reader program (AR), and partnered with Captain Barrington’s Flying Classroom Foundation. As a media specialist at the secondary level, he taught research and information literacy, grades 9-12, and AP Capstone Seminar to 10th grade students and partnered with NCSS's Close-Up Washington DC program. He was also the high school advisor/sponsor for the "Anime Nation" club. In 2013, he won the Laura Busch Foundation Grant for Libraries and, in 2014, he was awarded the "Rookie Teacher of the Year" award.
At the academic level, Angel has worked for Miami Dade College, Hialeah Campus Learning Resources as an Associate Instructor from 2015 - 2018, and as Learning Resources Professional (a fancy title for librarian) at the North Campus, from 2018 - 2022, serving in collection development, cataloging, teaching information literacy, and implementing emerging technologies college-wide. Currently, Angel works at an academic library as the Campus Director of Learning Resources for Miami Dade College, North Campus.
Angel Hernandez is the current President for DCLA. He is passionate about libraries and education and believes that, as a lifelong learner, researcher, educator, and librarian, libraries are continuously evolving and changing their role in our community. It is his goal to be part of this "library revolution" and help improve education and transform libraries into something more than just the place with books around the corner; to further the advancement of academics and pedagogy, to contribute to the innovation of libraries and science, and to serve the community through developments in technology and education as a teaching professional.
Angel was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, but was raised here in Miami. He graduated from Miami Senior High School, received his Bachelor's Degree in Composition from the University of Florida, and received his Master of Science Degree in Library Information Science from Florida State University. He has been a public school teacher for about 5 years. He is certified in English, Music, and as an Educational Media Specialist and has served as Librarian, Media Specialist, English Teacher, Music Teacher, and Technology Teacher for both Miami Dade County Public Schools and Broward County Public Schools.
As a school librarian at the primary level, Angel taught technology and provided library instruction for grades PK-5 as well as children in the Head Start program. During Technology classes, he taught coding and promoted Code.org’s “Hour of Code” school-wide. As part of the coding initiative, he created and led the Video Game Development program where students in 4th and 5th grade electives had the opportunity to create their own video game using MIT’s Scratch software and Minecraft EDU and showcased their work at Engineering is Elementary (EIE). He was also in charge of TV Production, BECON’s Distance Learning, the Accelerated Reader program (AR), and partnered with Captain Barrington’s Flying Classroom Foundation. As a media specialist at the secondary level, he taught research and information literacy, grades 9-12, and AP Capstone Seminar to 10th grade students and partnered with NCSS's Close-Up Washington DC program. He was also the high school advisor/sponsor for the "Anime Nation" club. In 2013, he won the Laura Busch Foundation Grant for Libraries and, in 2014, he was awarded the "Rookie Teacher of the Year" award.
At the academic level, Angel has worked for Miami Dade College, Hialeah Campus Learning Resources as an Associate Instructor from 2015 - 2018, and as Learning Resources Professional (a fancy title for librarian) at the North Campus, from 2018 - 2022, serving in collection development, cataloging, teaching information literacy, and implementing emerging technologies college-wide. Currently, Angel works at an academic library as the Campus Director of Learning Resources for Miami Dade College, North Campus.