Request a Mentor

José M. Hernández Reaching for the Stars Foundation would like to provide you with support needed to help you achieve your goals. Please complete the form and we will try to link you with a volunteer mentor in your school district.

Students in San Joaquin County, California school districts are eligible for this program.

As the child of poor migrant workers, José Hernández worked picking fruits and vegetables in the sun-drenched fields of California. One day while hoeing a row of sugar beets he listened to a transistor radio and learned that fellow Latino Franklin Chang-Díaz had been selected for the Astronaut Corps.