For a second year in a row, Kevin Osorio-Hernandez, a student leader at Nevada State University, has brought the raw emotions of his fellow students across the state into stark relief in his comments to the Nevada Board of Regents during their meeting on March 6th. Speaking as chair of the Nevada Student Alliance, he described the anxiety and confusion confronting students in the changing political landscape and pleaded with the Board to fight for the state's most vulnerable students while celebrating the richness that multiple cultures bring to the educational experience. He sets a standard that all individuals in the Nevada System of Higher Education should aspire to. No description will adequately capture his eloquence and courage, so we provide this link to video of his powerful and moving comments.

Osorio-Hernandez's remarks follow comments he made just over one year ago during the March 1, 2024, meeting of the Board of Regents where he called out a member of the Board for insensitive transphobic comments and asked him to "change his paradigm."

The Nevada Faculty Alliance salutes Mr. Osorio-Hernandez for demonstrating true leadership and speaking truth to power.