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Norma Hernandez is originally from Honduras, Central America. She came to Gainesville, Georgia in 1987 and became a United States citizen in 1989. She is the proud mother of two sons, Raúl and Josué.

Norma holds a degree in Accounting from the Instituto Debe y Haber de Contadores de Honduras. Since June 2017 she has served as President of the Northeast Georgia Latino Chamber of Commerce, where she manages the Chamber's strategic, fiscal, and program goals.

Before leading the Chamber, Norma founded and served as President of the Northeast Georgia Hispanic Alliance, the first Latino organization in our city, organizing citizenship campaigns that helped more than 450 people become U.S. citizens.

She previously served for more than seven years as the first Latina Community Services Officer of the Gainesville Police Department, then as Clerk of the Gainesville Municipal Court, and later as Assistant Director of the Victim Assistance Program at the District Attorney's Office serving Hall and Dawson counties. In 1993 she received the Liberty Bell Award for outstanding community service.