This bartender is giving hospitality workers across the country the tools to protect their rights, support their communities, and turn frustration into action.
In 2024, Tiffany Hernandez was the bar manager at a Denver restaurant, where she ran a seminar called Escuelitas that educated local drinks professionals about Latino spirits and culture. When Donald Trump was re-elected, she says, “I knew it wasn’t going to be good [for our community].” The National Restaurant Association says that immigrants make up roughly one in five U.S. restaurant and bar workers. “I understood we needed to do something. I just didn’t know what.”
When a regular named Milo Schwab told her he was a civil rights attorney, it sparked an idea that has made Hernandez, 33, one of the most outspoken advocates for immigrant rights and hospitality workers…