Sarah Hernandez tau koom nrog McKnight Foundation hauv 2004. Hauv nws lub luag haujlwm tam sim no ua tus thawj saib xyuas haujlwm laus rau Vibrant & Equitable Communities Program, nws ua haujlwm los txhawb txoj haujlwm lub hom phiaj los tsim lub neej yav tom ntej zoo thiab muaj kev ncaj ncees rau txhua tus Minnesotans nrog lub zog sib koom, kev vam meej, thiab kev koom tes. .

Ua ntej McKnight, Sarah tau ua haujlwm hauv kev tshaj tawm pej xeem ntawm Honeywell hauv Minneapolis. Nws tau pib nws txoj haujlwm 12 xyoo ntawm Honeywell ua tus tsim cai lij choj thiab tus kws tshuaj ntsuam xyuas txoj cai thiab tom qab ntawd tau ua nws txoj cai tswjfwm kev tswjfwm hauv zej zog. Sarah tau txais bachelor of arts in sociology ntawm University of Minnesota thiab tuav ib tus tswv ntawm kev kos duab hauv kev nom kev tswv los ntawm University of California ntawm Santa Barbara.

Sarah tam sim no ua haujlwm ntawm Peb Lub Chaw Haujlwm Tseem Ceeb Minnesota thiab Minnesota Compass pawg thawj coj ntawm Wilder Foundation. Sij hawm dhau mus, nws tau coj ntau lub koom haum hauv zej zog suav nrog Pawg Neeg Zej Zog Funders, Twin Cities Local Initiatives Support Corporation, thiab Nexus Community Partners. Nws kuj tau ua tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm Minneapolis Northside Funders Group thiab Saint Paul Eastside Funders Group.