Fernando Reyes

Fernando Reyes is a student of religious studies and teacher preparation at Yale University. Originating from South Texas, Fernando has work for minority issues in South Texas. At Yale, he has been the organizer of community service groups, director of Yale's Model United Nation conference, and has served as both advisor and project director for various Yale organizations' technological needs. This included working for a national Obama Get-out-the-Vote effort, ObamaWorks. He is an active member of the Yale Political Union and of its newly-formed leftist party, the Party of the Left.

Of particular interest to Fernando has been the interaction between religion and politics, and how the definition of American has been at the center of national struggle for minorities. For Fernando, the purpose of political discourse is to empower individuals to develop their own communities.

He normally blogs at http://www.fernyreyes.com