Omar Hernández
Program Manager, UN Academic Impact and Public Information Officer, USA
Bio
Omar Hernández is the Program Manager of the United Nations (UN) Academic Impact initiative and also works at the Secretariat of the Committee on Information of the UN General Assembly. He served as a Volunteer and Conference Management Specialist at the UN Climate Change Secretariat and before that as a Consultant for the UN Office on Drugs and Crime. Moreover, Hernández volunteered with the UN Agency for Palestine Refugees and the World Federation of UN Associations.
In his country, Venezuela, he was a global affairs commentator on several media outlets, and worked in a newspaper as an International News Analyst and Temporary Correspondent at the UN in Geneva, while being Counselor and Human Rights Trainer for the UN Association of Venezuela. Also in Venezuela, Hernández, a member of the Academic Council on the UN System, was a Lecturer in International Journalism and International Law at Andrés Bello Catholic University, while researching on UN affairs and promoting Model UN programs.
Spanish is his mother tongue, and he speaks English and French. Hernández has a Master’s degree in Cooperation for Development (Jaume I University, Spain), a Diploma of Advanced Studies in Freedom of Expression and Right to Information (Andrés Bello Catholic University), and a Bachelor’s degree in International Studies (Central University of Venezuela).