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The Latino American Association invited 22-year-old Daniel Hernandez Jr. to speak about his struggles and successes as a Latino and gay man. Hernandez spoke in the Holmes Student Center’s Carl Sandburg Auditorium on Monday.

Speaker opens up on identity

By Erin Kolb | October 16, 2012

Daniel Hernandez Jr. decided he wanted to help people when he was 5. When he was just a boy, he split his head open and had to go to the hospital. After getting five stitches, he had the chance to shadow a doctor for about a half an hour. This sparked...