Advisory Board Member

Dayhana Hernández Veras is a Dominican human rights lawyer and gender justice leader with more than a decade of experience advancing the rights of women and girls across Latin America and the Caribbean. She serves as Country Representative for the Girls First Fund in the Dominican Republic, where she leads the Fund’s country strategy and portfolio of grassroots organizations working to end child marriage and early unions and advance girls’ rights, leadership, and sexual and reproductive health and rights. Her experience spans philanthropy, public policy, advocacy, and feminist movement building, with a particular focus on strengthening locally led organizations and shifting resources and decision-making power closer to communities. Dayhana holds a law degree from PUCMM and a Master’s degree in Women, Gender and Citizenship from the University of Barcelona.