Join host Pablo Muñoz for an extraordinary conversation with his featured guest — Karla Hernández-Mats.

Karla is a proud Miami, Florida native and first-generation American of Honduran descent. She is an American Federation of Teachers (AFT) vice president and past president of United Teachers of Dade. Karla was the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor of Florida in 2022.

1:03 - Introduction

1:56 - My Leadership Story

30:33 - Educated. We Stand

33:58 - AFT Vice President

37:15 - High-Profile Politics

40:31 - United Teachers of Dade

43:14 - Latina Leaders

47:28 - Kids are Not Widgets

50:14 - Passing the Baton

52:40 - Guiding Principles

Karla Hernández-Mats is the chairwoman and president of Educated. We Stand, a national, non-partisan organization dedicated to safeguarding the integrity of public education. She remains deeply involved in her community, actively volunteering and supporting humanitarian missions overseas. Karla has been nationally recognized for her leadership, including being honored by Miami Today’s Achiever Series in 2019 for advancing public education throughout Miami-Dade County.

Karla has been active on numerous boards, including the Florida Education Association Governance Board and Executive Cabinet, the United Way Board of Miami, the Florida AFL-CIO’s executive board, the Children’s Trust’s executive board, and the Education Fund’s executive board. She is the chairperson of the AFT’s Women’s Rights Committee. Karla frequently addresses national groups on the challenges educators face and is an advocate for immigration reform and children’s rights.

Karla earned a bachelor’s degree in emotionally handicapped education from Florida International University. She received a master’s degree in business management from St. Thomas University. Karla spent over a decade as a classroom teacher, earning recognition as the 2010 Teacher of the Year at Hialeah Middle School in Florida.

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Website: aft.org/about/leadership/karla-hernandez-mats

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