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This chapter highlights some of the accomplishments of Norma G. Hernandez. She earned her B.A. in Mathematics in 1954, and received her Ph.D. in Mathematics Education in 1970. She is one of the first U.S.-born Latinas, and possibly the first U.S.-born Latina, to receive a Doctorate in Mathematics Education in the United States. This narrative provides general biographical and academic information about Hernandez in the context of an ethno-history framework. Some observations highlight Hernandez’s pioneering contributions to Mathematics Education and Ethnomathematics in the early 1970s. In addition, there is a discussion of familial factors that contributed to fostering her early interest in mathematics. At the conclusion of the chapter, some of Hernandez’s academic works beyond Mathematics Education are mentioned. |
