idea that Mexican and U.S. histories aren’t isolated from each other but are so intertwined that you can’t separate them." Hernández agreed, saying she was "taking everything and pivoting and positioning it within the context of U.S. history." In an interview with Publishers Weekly she spoke to her motivation, "it was when Donald Trump used the phrase 'bad hombres,' that I knew that this story needed to be told". She continued, "Imperialists and white supremacists have used this kind of language to stir up anti-Mexican, anti-Latino, and anti-immigrant sentiment.... when you start to hear that racist rhetoric, dig a little deeper to ask what's it all about?" Million Dollar Hoods Hernández also directs the Million Dollar Hoods project, which she co-founded in 2016. The project uses Los Angeles Police Department data to determine the fiscal and human cost of policing and mass incarceration in Los Angeles. Almost immediately the project "identified 31 neighborhoods in which the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department had spent at least $6 million incarcerating residents between 2010 and 2015." This revealed how certain neighborhoods, primarily Black and Latino communities, were disproportionately impacted by the Los Angeles jail, policing and bail systems; and that the "county’s budget is inordinately used to incarcerate residents of a few neighborhoods". The Los Angeles Times classified the project as "Archiving the Age of Mass Incarceration." One of its major achievements was fighting for and winning in court access to 177 boxes of historical records from the Los Angeles Police Department. Hernández described this as "an example of community control over policing." The project's website posts research reports which summarize trends in local policing and incarceration, "including the disproportionate effects of bail on predominantly African American and Latina/Latino communities." Beyond the academic investigation and reporting, the project strives to make changes to the systems they investigate. "Million Dollar Hoods has supported efforts to shift public funding away from police and jails, toward systems that are proven to create thriving families and communities, such as housing, education and health services." Hernández has testified before the State legislature and she can be found "at city hall with her students" advocating for change. Bibliography Selected publications Mexican Immigration to the United States, 1900 – 1999: A Sourcebook for Teachers, National Center for History in the Schools (Fall 2002) Ni blancos ni negros: mexicanos y el papel de la patrulla fronteriza estadounidense en la definición de una