Ramona Hernandez
Position: Family Assistant I
Program: Head Start

First Job: “I’ve always been with kids. Babysitting was my first job.”

Birthplace: Fresno, CA

Years at FCEOC: 4 years and 2 months.

Best advice ever received: “Don’t take everything that people say to you to the heart.”

Favorite advice I give: “Be happy for everyone.”

Interesting experience/adventure: “Being a mom.”

Favorite restaurant, dish, or pig-out food: “Lunas in Clovis. It’s an Italian restaurant and their prices are very reasonable. I eat the half fettuccini and half lasagna dish. ”

Proudest moment: “When I graduated from high school with 2 babies.”

Greatest personal accomplishment: “To be a working wife and mother.”

Dream vacation: “I would like to go to Jamaica with my husband.”

Favorite weekend activity: “My life revolves around my kids. I go shopping.”

Last good movie I saw: “Coach Carter. My daughter had tickets to the premier and she invited me to go. We had a girls night out.”

Scariest experience: “When the school called me to go pick up my child because they said he got hurt. It wasn’t my child!”

If I had a million dollars I would… “Pay my bills, buy me a new car, and buy houses for my family. Of course give money to my kids and church, too.”

Favorite place to shop: “Dollar store, Big Lots and Wal-Mart.”

Favorite childhood memory: “Spending time with my grandma and grandpa.”

I admire… “Jesus, my mom, and my nina.”

3 words that describe me best: “Outgoing, responsible, and fun.”

I like to read or watch: “George Lopez. I also have to watch E.R. and Law & Order.”

Favorite music or artist: “I like all types of music. Fred Hammond is nice with an upbeat gospel type of music.”

In my spare time… “I have no time… I have 3 teenagers!”

If I’ve learned one thing in life, it is… “Don’t take your past to heart. You can change the future.”