Ramona Hernández
Ramona Hernandez, community leader, sociologist and historian, is Professor of Sociology at City College of New York and the director of the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute. She is the author of various scholarly works about Dominican migration, workers mobility, and the restructuring of the world economy. Education. In 1979, Ramona Hernandez completed a BA in Latin American History, with a Minor in Puerto Rican Studies at Lehman College. She then received an M.A., Latin American and Caribbean Studies from New York University and a Ph.D. in Sociology from The Graduate Center, CUNY. Professional career. Ramona Hernandez became the  director of the DSI in 2001. In 2003, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg appointed her to the NYC Board of Education. In 2004, she rejected one of the mayor's proposals, which took major attention in the press. Hernandez is also a trustee of the Sociological Initiatives Foundation and of the International Institute of Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences.