{"id":4476,"date":"2023-11-14T21:56:10","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T21:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.calfund.org\/2023-annualreport\/?page_id=4476"},"modified":"2024-04-10T23:19:49","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T23:19:49","slug":"letter-from-antonia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.calfund.org\/2023-annualreport\/letter-from-antonia\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter from Antonia Hern\u00e1ndez"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4476\" class=\"elementor elementor-4476\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5ea01b84 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5ea01b84\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-thegem\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7676ca9c\" data-id=\"7676ca9c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cea025d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2cea025d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">LETTER FROM<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7eead90 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7eead90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 style=\"text-align: left;\">Antonia Hern\u00e1ndez<\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb1b2e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"eb1b2e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.calfund.org\/2023-annualreport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/yellow-line-separator.png\" width=\"60\" height=\"6\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2211 lazyload\" alt=\"\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"60\" height=\"6\" src=\"https:\/\/www.calfund.org\/2023-annualreport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/yellow-line-separator.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2211\" alt=\"\"><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a93cff elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1a93cff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"text-align: left; max-width: 980px; margin: auto;\">\n\n<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.calfund.org\/2023-annualreport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/california-community-fund-CEO-antonia-hernandez-02.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4483 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"\" width=\"509\" height=\"403\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.calfund.org\/2023-annualreport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/california-community-fund-CEO-antonia-hernandez-02.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4483 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"\" width=\"509\" height=\"403\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4483\" src=\"https:\/\/www.calfund.org\/2023-annualreport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/california-community-fund-CEO-antonia-hernandez-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"509\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calfund.org\/2023-annualreport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/california-community-fund-CEO-antonia-hernandez-02.jpg 509w, https:\/\/www.calfund.org\/2023-annualreport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/california-community-fund-CEO-antonia-hernandez-02-300x238.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 509px) 100vw, 509px\" \/><\/noscript><\/noscript>It\u2019s hard to believe that I have been at the California Community Foundation (CCF) for two decades! What an amazing experience and privilege of a lifetime it has been to work at an organization devoted to making Los Angeles a better community. Yes, LA is messy, and we confront many challenges, but it is a place where dreams come true. LA is my imperfect paradise.\n\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc24f38 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cc24f38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"text-align: left; max-width: 980px; margin: auto;\"><p>I have always been a dreamer but practical. Almost 70 years have passed since I arrived in LA in 1956 as a poor immigrant child. I instantly fell in love with LA. Growing up in East Los Angeles I slowly ventured out and discovered this bewildering ever changing place. And although I had no idea what I could achieve in LA, it was a place where dreams could come true. My goals were humble. Becoming a teacher felt like a dream, but LA allowed me to go far beyond what I could imagine.<\/p><p>A product of East LA and a public education, I strived and became a civil rights lawyer, one of the few Chicanas to graduate, in 1974 from my beloved UCLA. But my efforts to break barriers were just beginning. I became the first Latina\/o to serve as Counsel to the United States Senate Judiciary Committee under Senator Ted Kennedy and later to head the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), the nation\u2019s premier Latino legal civil rights organization. And little did I ever dream that, in 2003, I would be asked to lead CCF, an organization that has given me the unbelievable opportunity to lift up the lives of all Angelenos.<\/p><p>From the bottom of my heart, I want to thank the Board, staff, our generous donors, community partners and many others who have enabled us to fulfill our commitment to improve the lives of those in need and strengthen our social fabric. Through our work, we have funded the construction of thousands of homes, assisted educators to improve our educational system, improved medical care for the vulnerable, fought to minimize the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, promoted the arts and embraced our diverse immigrant communities throughout Los Angeles County and beyond.<\/p><p>We did not do this alone. We worked with the public sector, our selfless grantees and donors. Together we have built a stronger and better Los Angeles.<\/p><p>As I leave and begin my next chapter, I want to thank everyone who had the confidence in me to lead CCF into the new millennium. Los Angeles has many challenges ahead, but I believe that CCF has forged a foundation to meet the future.<\/p><p>Mil Gracias.<br \/><strong>Antonia Hern\u00e1ndez<\/strong><br \/>President &amp; Chief Executive Officer<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LETTER FROM Antonia Hern\u00e1ndez It\u2019s hard to believe that I have been at the California Community Foundation (CCF) for two&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-fullwidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4476","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calfund.org\/2023-annualreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calfund.org\/2023-annualreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calfund.org\/2023-annualreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calfund.org\/2023-annualreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calfund.org\/2023-annualreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4476"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/www.calfund.org\/2023-annualreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5585,"href":"https:\/\/www.calfund.org\/2023-annualreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4476\/revisions\/5585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calfund.org\/2023-annualreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}