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Dr. Daphne Hernandez is a developmental psychologist who received interdisciplinary training throughout her graduate studies and postdoctoral fellowship. She has extensive experience studying gender and race/ethnic health disparities resulting from poverty-related issues, including food insecurity and obesity across the life span. Her area of expertise also includes investigating the health of low-income Latino immigrants, housing insecurity, homelessness, and barriers to physical activity. Her research has been supported by the National Cancer Institute, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, USDA, the William T. Grant Foundation, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

She has served as a senior mentor for the Robert Wood Johnson New Connections Mentoring Program, and currently serves as a senior mentor through the American Academy of Health Behavior’s Research Scholars Mentoring Program and the American Psychological Association’s Leadership and Education Advancement Program (LEAP) for Diverse Scholars Program. She has received mentoring awards from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the American Academy of Health Behaviors.

Dr. Hernandez received her AB in psychology and certificate in Spanish from Princeton University where she was a NCAA Division I diver. She then went on to earn her MSEd in psychological services from the University of Pennsylvania, where she also served as the diving coach for the women’s and men’s teams. Her PhD in developmental psychology was awarded from Boston College. She received postdoctoral training in public policy and poverty from the University of Michigan. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling internationally and cooking and baking.