More tributes pour in for Sabrina Walker Hernandez

EDINBURG, Texas – More tributes have poured in for Sabrina Walker Hernandez, the effervescent, energetic, and passionate leadership coach from Edinburg, who has passed away.   

The nonprofit expert founded Supporting World Hope and Building Better Boards. She had battled two cancers, non Hodgkins lymphoma and multiple myeloma, for a number of years.

She had served as CEO of Edinburg Boys & Girls Club for a number of years.

The Rio Grande Valley Partnership issued a statement titled: “In Loving Memory of Sabrina Walker Hernandez.” It said:

“On behalf of the Rio Grande Valley Partnership and RGV Leadership, we extend our heartfelt condolences to the family, friends, and loved ones of Sabrina Walker Hernandez.

“Sabrina was a remarkable force in the nonprofit and leadership community not just in the Valley, but across the country. Her wisdom, resilience, and unwavering commitment to building stronger boards and better communities inspired countless individuals and organizations. 

“She poured herself into the success of others and left behind a legacy of empowerment, generosity, and service.

“We are deeply grateful for the impact she had on our region and on the lives of so many. Her memory will remain a guiding light for those of us continuing the work she championed so passionately.

“Our thoughts and prayers are with all who are mourning this profound loss. May she rest in peace and may her legacy live on through the missions she so fiercely believed in.

“With deepest sympathy, The Rio Grande Valley Partnership & RGV Leadership Family.”

Former Weslaco city manager and Hidalgo County Urban League Program director Anthony Covacevich said:

“I had the pleasure of working with Ms. Walker as I knew her then. I hired her as one of my project coordinators for the Urban County Program. She was a very energetic employee who was always wanting to learn more about the various programs that the Urban County Program administered. She would volunteer to attend the various meetings that the consortium of the 12 member cities had when one of our coordinators could not attend.

“I recently reconnected with her at a meeting of the Alta Cair Foundation in Weslaco and she shared with the executive director of the foundation an incident we shared at Urban County. Sabrina came to my office to discuss a particular project and when she finished, I asked her a series of questions for information that she had to recount. While she had been making her presentation to me I was distracted, at first, trying to figure out why a flash of silver would appear at the tip of her tongue. When I asked her she advised me that she had gotten her tongue pierced. I advised her that if she wanted persons to be attentive to what she was saying, she should not provide them a distraction on her face. We all laughed. She was thankful for that advice.”

The Rio Grande International Study Center, a Laredo-based environmental nonprofit, hired Walker Hernandez as a consultant in the fall of 2024. The first workshop was held earlier this year. The plan as to incorporate Walker Hernandez’s “Building a Culture of Philanthropy” program into the RGISC’s framework.

“It is with heavy hearts that staff and board of directors of RGISC acknowledge the passing of Sabrina Walker Hernandez, a talented and vivacious human being who was a dedicated consultant to RGISC since fall 2024,” RGISC Executive Director Tricia Cortez said in a statement.

Cortez told the Laredo Morning Times that RGISC had a number of workshops planned with Walker Hernandez over the coming year “to build out critical strategic plans for the growing organization.”

Cortez said she last spoke with Walker Hernandez on June 30.

“We had just talked on the phone,” Cortez told LMT. “We had laid out a schedule for the next nine months. We had laid out a schedule to develop and create plans, to have in-person workshops for our board. We were shocked when we found out Saturday that she passed away that afternoon.”

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