About

I build products at the intersection of data and empathy.

I'm an economics and data science student at UC Riverside who fell in love with the messy front-end of product: talking to users, picking the right problem, and shipping something that matters. I've built product experience through a BeReal externship, founding an AI lifestyle platform, and growth work at an early-stage startup.

Outside of product, I lead: as President of the Women's Business Association and Director of Cutie & Citrus Hackathons, where I get to practice the same skills: roadmaps, tradeoffs, and bringing people along.

Portrait of Grace Hernandez

What I believe

Outcomes over output

A roadmap is a hypothesis. I optimize for the change in user behavior, not the count of features shipped.

Discovery is a discipline

Talking to users isn't a phase; it's a habit. 100+ insights at BeReal started with listening.

Data sharpens intuition

With a data science background, I use SQL, Python, and R to pressure-test what users tell me.

Experience

2026–Now

Growth Product Intern · Spotnxt

Driving growth initiatives at an early-stage startup.

2026–Now

Founder & AI Product Manager · LiveOne

Building a multi-agent AI lifestyle platform; tested with 30 student users.

2026

Product Management Extern · BeReal

Defined strategy, PRD, and prototype for RealTogether, a 1:1 social feature.

2025–2026

Program Planning & Scheduling Intern · Northrop Grumman

Built SQL/Tableau obsolescence tracking for 100+ components; cut manual reporting 60%.

2025–Now

Research Assistant · UCR BEdLab

Analyzing behavioral data from 200+ participants in R and Python.

2023–2027

B.A. Economics · UC Riverside

Minors in Data Science & Business Analytics · GPA 3.7.

Leadership

President

Women's Business Association

Set the roadmap across 7 committees; launched mentorship programs for 60+ members with Fortune 100 partners.

Director

Cutie & Citrus Hackathons

Lead a $20K budget and cross-functional teams to deliver hackathons for 400+ participants.

Vice Chair

ASUCR Green Campus Action Plan

Managed a 13-member Agile team and $400K+ grant portfolio; accelerated 40+ annual reviews.