Fernandez received a Ph.D. in Urban Planning, Design, and Policy from the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies at the Politecnico di Milano (POLIMI) in Milan, Italy. She is an Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Geography and HDMA at San Diego State University in San Diego, California.
I have been an educator for over 30 years. Currently I am sixth grade language arts at Easton Middle School on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. I am also working on my doctorate in environmental literacy at Salisbury University.