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We are here with ELISA Hernandez.
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Welcome. Thanks for having me.
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Of course, I'm so excited because for those of you who
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may not know ELISA Hernandez is a hea in the world of
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girl, you are booked and busy,
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you do a lot like you do.
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But can you please give us a breakdown of it all?
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Because girl, I'm fascinated.
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I've been working in L A for quite a while now.
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I went to school at US C and then just kind of
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been in the world of sports for such a long time and
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I've been blessed enough to work with some of the biggest franchises
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in sports. The Lakers,
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my home is now with the Dodgers and I've covered the NFL
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for as long as I can remember.
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So I think it's just being able to kind of break down
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these barriers and be in a very male dominated field and dominate
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myself is something I'm really proud of.
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it's so inspiring. So as you mentioned,
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Dodger Stadium is your stomping grounds?
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I mean LAFA at Dodger Stadium is standing right next to me
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right now. So you actually host Salvadorian nights.
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That's awesome. How,
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la Noche salad is my favorite night of the year for multiple
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reasons. Right. Obviously I'm Salvadorian.
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it's one thing to want inclusion.
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It's one thing when you actually get it.
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And for my family being from Central America and me being first
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generation here in the US,
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you have the biggest organization in all the sports,
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one of the most recognized logos in the world,
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celebrating your culture in a way that actually feels genuine.
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And what I mean by that is like DJ,
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which is a DJ for the Dodgers.
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I love him. Like when the first night came,
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he was like, all right.
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So what's the barbecue sound like at your house?
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Because I'm gonna need that whole playlist for you to send to
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we know we collaborated together and I,
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I gave him some songs and that first year when I walked
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around and you know,
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I'm, I'm listening to,
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San La Popo that like,
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you know, because I just saw everyone so happy.
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This is Salvador music that my parents played like cooking for us
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And I think when you have that,
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it just brings that joy out.
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So how do your parents feel?
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Because I mean, you must be so proud to see you
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representing your culture your country.
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You know, it feels really special.
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And I say that because I grew up very proud to be
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Salvadorian and very proud of my culture and very proud to represent
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my parents and everything they've been through to give me and my
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sister and my brothers a better life here.
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So when I got the job as stadium host,
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I know I had to lie.
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How could, you know,
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Latino kids don't do that,
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do that. And I told my dad we all got tickets
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I got them tickets and I told my dad like,
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oh, I can't go to the game with you guys.
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I have to work and my dad's like,
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but you knew this and I was like,
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I know they called me in the last second.
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I can, I can't go like,
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So he didn't even talk to me.
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So my sister was corralling everyone and so no one knew but
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my sister and so she's like,
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let's go to our sees and they're like,
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why we want, do you want to go?
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She's like, go to your seat.
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We're walking over here.
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And so basically they get to their seats,
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you know, and they start,
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and you hear Todd Lights,
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who's our P A announcer and we're welcoming Dave styles and Lisa
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Hernandez because he always has my name with the Hernandez in which
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I love and my sister's recording my dad and my dad's just
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he literally said guess in a mo ay,
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like I was in trouble.
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He was like, you are not supposed to be here young
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lady. And my mom was just like,
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what am I? Everyone was kind of like,
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wait, we just saw her at home like they were so
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confused and it was one of the greatest gifts I could have
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ever given. My dad and my and my mom,
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you're a Latina and a bunch of really cool spaces.
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How are you opening doors for other Latinos in a space?
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You know, it's all about lifting as you climb.
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And I've really caught that from the people that I've met along
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the way. And I think the biggest lesson I learned,
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which is something people don't talk about.
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Like sometimes it'd be your own people that don't want to help
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you because there is that status quo of like if there's too
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many of us and I can't,
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you know, I won't be,
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but it's like there's enough space for all of us.
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And that mentality really works against us sometimes.
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But you know, I surround myself with fellow Latinos that believe
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that there is space for all of us and that we can
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all rise up like instead of instead of fighting for one position
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let's fight the fact that there's only one position,
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you know. And I think that's the biggest thing that I
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try to say whenever I enter any space because I think there's
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power in just seeing someone,
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just seeing someone being like,
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wait, like, you know,
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maybe like I'm a runner and I wanna be a film producer
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one day and then you see me walk in and I'm the
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field producer and it's like,
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and so it's just all about seeing yourself in different spaces.
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And one of my good friends,
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I love her to death because she will fight for me to
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And even if it's not a big deal for me to be
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she's like, it's not about that.
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It's just you need to be in here.
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And so the way that she does that for me,
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I pay that for it and I try to do that for
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other people. I love this.
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This is beautiful. I love to hear it.
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I mean, this is like doing the work like putting what
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But girl going back to your schedule for the,
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for the next two weeks,
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you're going to Paris.
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She is going to the Olympics.
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Ok? I had no idea it was going to go and
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I finished my first season with Sunday Night football as field producer
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for Telemundo Deportes, which we were the first,
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we were the first field reporter and field producer for Sunday night
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football. So because of that experience and the work that I
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put in there and this thing you never know who's watching.
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Someone is always watching,
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whether they tell you or not,
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someone's always watching. And I didn't,
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at the time, I didn't know I was just,
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you know, doing my job and doing the best that I
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can. And based off that job when NBC and Telemundo were
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like, hey, because they're different departments.
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hey, we need a film producer and someone recommended me like
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she was great. I Sunday night football,
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we think she'd be great in Paris and they called me up
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OK, I guess I got to pack my bags,
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you got to pack your bags and I cannot wait to stay
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tuned. Like so where can we follow you?
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Because I know there's a whole lot I need to be following
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you. So follow me on Instagram at ELISA about this TV
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and on tiktok, which I actually changed my name on tiktok
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So probably at least or something,
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but you know, I'll post it on my Instagram.
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But yeah, those are probably where I'm going to start posting
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more and blogging more about just my experience because I feel like
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you know, take people with me.
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It's such a crazy experience to go.
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And my first Olympics,
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my first time in Paris also like three weeks is a long
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time to be in a foreign country.
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So, but the barest I've gone is like two weeks in
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El Salvador. But don't worry because Mommy and Poppy will be
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there. That is true.
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Showing you their love as always.
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Thank you so, so much.
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At least Hernandez everyone.
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