Catherine Amaris Hernandez Hogan, M.Ed.
Catherine Hernandez Hogan, Senior Director for Latino Affairs and Community Engagement at Wright State University, has dedicated her career to supporting college students globally through recruitment, admissions, programming, and inclusive excellence. During her tenure leading Latino Affairs, she helped increase the total Latino student population by 31% and helped launch free monthly bilingual wellness clinics in collaboration with the Latino Medical Student Association and El Puente Learning Center in effort to increase health care access for the underserved communities of East Dayton. She was honored statewide with a 2023 Distinguished Hispanic Ohioan Award from the Ohio Commission on Hispanic/Latino Affairs and regionally as a recipient of the 2024 Leaders in Diversity Awards by the Dayton Business Journal. Catherine serves on the board of the El Puente Learning Center and tirelessly advocates for Latino students, emphasizing that they belong on campus, that they matter, that they have what it takes to succeed, and that by getting their degree, they can impact their families for generations.
Education History
B.S. in Social Work 2011
M.Ed in Student Affairs in Higher Education Administration 2017