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Manuel Hernandez is a professional staff development specialist and works full-time for the Department of Education in Puerto Rico. He is also a culturally relevant text consultant and has given workshops throughout the United States, Puerto Rico and Mexico. He also writes freelance; his commentary essays have appeared in numerous newspapers and site in Puerto Rico and in cities in the United States.

For the last fifteen years, Manuel Hernandez has been a leader in the field of education. He specializes in the area of culturally related texts and their ability to increase academic success.

Some of the areas of expertise are:

· Develop cultural awareness of educators to increase potential academic success (read essays 36, 60 ,66 ,67 and 109)
· Foster strategies that will boost Latino parent involvement (read essays 79 and 80)
· Present a vision on the diversity of Latino education and its development, progress and assertiveness (read essays 72, 86, 108, 114 and 115)
· Strengthen reading and writing skills by using Latino/a literature as a bridge to the American and British classics (read essays 8, 12, 13, 21 and 36)
· Improving literacy in the English Classroom (74, 75, 114 and 115)
· How to write and publish a textbook (http://www.editorialplazamayor.com/autores/manuel_hernandez.htm)
· Latinos and educational reform ( read essays 31, 32, 33 and 35)

Contact Manuel Hernandez at mannyh32@puertoricans.com

Address: Calle Laurel #255
Urb. Fajardo Gardens
Fajardo, Puerto Rico 00738