Daniel Hernandez
Associate Director of Counseling Services

“I loaded up a U-Haul Truck and drove up here from North Carolina,” Daniel Hernandez says about coming up to the North Country. “I truly love it here. The North Country is beautiful.”

Hernandez, originally from Sacramento, CA, grew up in a small town much like Canton. He learned about St. Lawrence from a graduate school friend. “I was working at a mental health agency in North Carolina,” he says. “And a friend of mine who I met in graduate school was the director at the St. Lawrence University Counseling Center. She had a counseling position open and encouraged me to apply.”

“I have always enjoyed the field of counseling,” says Hernandez, who earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at San Jose State in California. “Early on in my career I did an assistantship at the Shrine Hospital in the Bay Area in California, working with children who were diagnosed with a terminal disease.  After experiencing my first death, of an 11-year-girl, and working with her family, I knew then that this was the field that I wanted to pursue. In addition, I have a love for teaching and sharing my clinical experience with graduate students who have a passion and desire to help people.”

Hernandez has been teaching and doing therapy for over 14 years. He regularly conducts workshops at St. Lawrence on issues surrounding the loss of loved ones.