Angelica Hernandez
City of Los Angeles - Bureau of Street Lighting
ANGELICA HERNANDEZ has over 15 years of experience working in government, the private and nonprofit sectors. Recently, she worked as a consultant helping businesses expand their operations. Prior to this role, she served as a Policy Deputy in the California State Senate, specializing in healthcare, education, water, immigration, and Latino affairs among other areas. Angelica earned a BA in History and Political Science, as well as an MS in Public Administration from Cal State LA.
Project
Recent gains in broadband adoption have narrowed the “digital divide” in Los Angeles. Still, public investment will be critical to ensure that these gains are sustained and that underserved communities are “future-proofed” for the evolution of connectivity. As numerous public, private, and non-profit entities are poised to bring new “last mile” connectivity opportunities to underserved communities in the coming years, the City is working to construct permanent, publicly-owned “middle and last-middle” broadband infrastructure to support these new investments. FUSE Executive Fellow Angelica Hernandez will work with the City to build its organizational capacity to carry out a cross-agency business plan to responsibly and sustainably develop and manage this public infrastructure for the benefit of these communities and the City.