Meet the Team

Rocío D. Hernández, M.S., Ed.D.

She/Her/Ella

Faculty Counselor/Coordinator 

Dr. Rocío D. Hernández is a first-generation, Chicana/Latina, scholar-practitioner who currently serves as a Counseling Faculty member at Ventura College and oversees the CalWORKs program. Being originally from Ventura County, born and raised, she is invested in her community and the students she serves. Dr. Hernández has approximately 18 years of experience in higher education with service in different leadership capacities. She holds a B.A. in Chicana/o Studies and Spanish from the University of California, Santa Barbara, an M.S. in Counseling with an Option in College Counseling and Student Services from California State University, Northridge, and an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership with an Option in Higher Education Administration from the University of Southern California.