Alejandra Hernández is a queer Mexican-American poet from San Diego, California with works most recently published in Raleigh Review and Jet Fuel Review
Master of Fine Arts in Poetry
San Diego State University
Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing (Non-Fiction Emphasis)
University of California, Riverside
Poetry Club Advisor, ‘23-‘25
IMIN Program, Morse High School – San Diego, CA
Publications Editor, ‘24-‘25
Poetry International Online
Report Writer, ‘23 The SAGE Project – San Diego, CA
Submissions Reader, ‘22-‘23
Poetry International
Director’s Assistant, ‘22-‘23
MFA Program, San Diego State University
Editor & Founder Hot Wheels & High Heels – San Diego, CA
Poetry Club Coordinator Poetry Club at Morse High School – San Diego, CA
“There’s gold on the other side of this mountaint, we just have to cross this bridge first,” Raleigh Review
“The day I realized we were gods —,” Jet Fuel Review
“From way down here,” Zone 3
“Those Them Series,” “Mexican-American,” and “Quinceañera,” Azahares Literary Magazine
“Blue Dream,” Mantis Literary Journal
2024 — Featured Reader, The Template, San Diego, CA
Performed “Drummer Boy,” “Joy” by Langston Hughes, “A girl in my DM’s,” “Otro Atardecer”
Featured Reader, San Diego Writers Ink, San Diego, CA
Performed selections from “Untitled,” poems about singing
2022 — Featured Reader, The Hamlet, San Diego, CA
Performed “Move”
Open Mic, Poetry Underground Series, San Diego, CA. Performed “Tide,” “Pickup,” “Oh, that falsetto”
Featured Reader, Poetry Salons hosted by Luis Torres, San Diego, CA
2015–2008 — Participant, Creative Write-a-Thon, Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA
2014 — Featured Reader, Student Literary Showcase, Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA
Read “La Curandera”
2010 — Ensemble Cast, Wizard of Oz, St. John of the Cross Catholic Church, Lemon Grove, CA
2009 — Ensemble Cast, Cinderella, St. John of the Cross Catholic Church, Lemon Grove, CA
Performer, Bilingual Talent Show, St. John of the Cross, Lemon Grove, CA
Sang “Ayer te Pedí” by Víctor García
2008 — Role of Roger, Grease, St. John of the Cross Catholic Church, Lemon Grove, CA
Performer, House of Blues, San Diego, CA
“Brighter than Sunshine” by Aqualung
Performer, Café Zoma, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
“Like a Star” by Corinne Bailey Rae, “Vestido Blanco” by Alejandra Hernández
Ladies in Harmony Choir (Alto), Chula Vista High School, Chula Vista, CA
Year-end performance at Chula Vista Senior Center
2007 — Ensemble Cast, Godspell, St. John of the Cross Catholic Church, Lemon Grove, CA
Ladies in Harmony Choir (Alto), Chula Vista High School, Chula Vista, CA
Morse High School Choir (Alto), Winter and End-of-Year Performances, San Diego, CA
2006 — Morse High School Choir (Alto), Winter and End-of-Year Performances, San Diego, CA
2005 — Morse High School Choir (Alto), Winter and End-of-Year Performances, San Diego, CA