Innovation in Building Community
A Passion for Life K IMBERLY MCK AY (‘9 5) Since graduating from SNU, Jorge (’95) and Brenda (Campos) (’01) Hernandez have been driven by a passion to build up and enrich their community. This dynamic couple has played a significant role in the revitalization of the Oklahoma City Capitol Hill Historic District and the Latino community at large. Combining their talents with a desire to lift up and showcase their community, they’re changing their world one relationship at a time. “Southern Nazarene definitely offered certain events and experiences that helped us to understand the value of community,” Jorge said, reflecting on his time on campus. Jorge and Brenda live their lives with the premise that “if we could only remember how God loves us as his children, so that we could look at each person with a new lens – as humans - instead of looking at our differences with fear.” In fact, it was Jorge who started the first-ever Cinco De Mayo on campus back in the ’90s. Even then, he saw how much diversity could improve campus life.
Jorge and Brenda located in the Historic Capitol Hill District
To learn more about the Historic Capitol Hill District, visit historiccapitolhill.com.
Tango PR and the Myriad Botanical Gardens partner each year to bring the community Dancing in the Gardens. 16
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