Matthew Hernandez

About me:

•In February and September of 2007, I helped coordinate and host Grinder: Creative Arts Expo, a highly unique visual experience that features various types of art, vendors, merchandise, social networking, a live art show, and auction. •Member of the Drink and Draw Social Club of South Louisiana, a community sketch group which meets weekly in public spots to draw and create awareness of art and comics. This past summer we recently had over 150 pieces of our sketch group art featured in an exhibit of comic art at the Jefferson Street Market in Downtown Lafayette. •Once coordinated a benefit rock show called Rock for the Relief at Grant Street Dancehall in Lafayette, LA. I recruited several popular local bands to play the event and all money raised was donated to the Red Cross Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund. •Volunteered with Acadiana Open Channel, a cable access television station, as a studio camera operator and director of a live local based music program. •Volunteered as a Youth Mentor / Counselor with Young Life Ministries while in college. I once served as a chaperone to a group of local area high school youth to Young Life’s Windy Gap Camp in Weaverville, North Carolina. •Traveled to Europe my Senior year of high school on an educational tour of London, England and Paris, France The boy's name Matthew ..m(a)-tthew.. is pronounced MATH-yoo. It is of Hebrew origin, and its meaning is "gift of the Lord". Biblical: the name of one of the twelve apostles, who wrote the first Gospel account of the life of Jesus. The alternate spelling Mathew is an English surname variant spelling. Mateo is a Spanish form; Matteo is Italian; Mateus is Portuguese. Mathieu and Matthieu are French forms. Hernandez: "Son of Hernando," or "Son of Fernando," the Spanish form of the Old German name Ferdinand, meaning "bold voyager." Surname Origin: Spanish Alternate Surname Spellings: HERNANDES