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Meet Nicole Hernandez Hammer, a Guest of the First Lady at the State of the Union

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Nicole Hernandez Hammer is joining the First Lady as a guest at the 2015 State of the Union Address on January 20. Watch it live at 9 p.m. Eastern at http://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/SOTU.

Nicole Hernandez Hammer is joining the First Lady as a guest at the 2015 State of the Union Address on January 20. Watch it live at 9 p.m. Eastern at WH.gov/SOTU.


Nicole Hernandez Hammer

Nicole Hernandez Hammer

As a sea-level researcher, Nicole Hernandez Hammer has studied how the cities and regions most vulnerable to the effects of climate change and sea-level rise also have large Hispanic populations -- something she learned firsthand growing up in South Florida
 
A Guatemalan immigrant with Cuban heritage, today Nicole works to mobilize the Latino community to better understand and address climate change's disproportionate effects on the health of Hispanics.
 
Most recently, that means working with Moms Clean Air Force to increase public awareness of climate change on children's health specifically.
 
Nicole lives in Southeast Florida with her husband and her son.
 

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