Daisy Hernandez

Daisy Hernandez is a Cancer Genetic Counselor at the Los Angeles County General Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. She is a board-certified genetic counselor and is licensed to practice in the State of California. She has extensive experience in genetic risk assessment across multiple specialties, including pediatric genetics, prenatal genetics, and pediatric oncology. Daisy is passionate about working with underserved patient populations and eliminating disparities in healthcare. As a native Spanish speaker, she has worked with Spanish-speaking families with limited English proficiency, providing genetic counseling and resource materials in Spanish. Her research interests include working with interpreters in multidisciplinary genetics clinics, genetic counseling services in Latin America, and the participation of underserved communities in research studies.