▁of ▁work , ▁one ▁of ▁which ▁was ▁the ▁noted ▁serial ▁mur ders ▁of ▁women ▁in ▁Ciudad ▁Ju á rez . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁Chicago ▁Week ly , ▁" The ▁only ▁thing ▁as ▁consp ic uous ▁as ▁the ▁artist ' s ▁skill ▁is ▁her ▁message : ▁being ▁human ▁is ▁hard , ▁a ▁woman ▁harder , ▁and ▁life ▁as ▁a ▁Lat ina ▁occasionally ▁down right ▁gr is ly ." ▁Hern ande z ▁says ▁she ▁will ▁continue ▁working ▁on ▁the ▁series ▁until ▁the ▁ 8 0 0 - 2 0 0 0 ▁death s ▁are ▁acknowled ged ▁by ▁the ▁Mexican ▁government . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁Hern ández ▁was ▁among ▁a ▁select ▁group ▁of ▁artists ▁whose ▁contributions ▁to ▁the ▁art ▁of ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁were ▁hon ored ▁in ▁multiple ▁exhib itions ▁which ▁were ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁swe eping ▁arts ▁initi ative ▁known ▁as ▁Pacific ▁Standard ▁Time : ▁Art ▁in ▁L . A ., ▁ 1 9 4 5 – 1 9 8 0 ▁( P ST ), ▁fund ed ▁by ▁the ▁Get ty ▁Foundation . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁Hern ández ▁was ▁the ▁recip ient ▁of ▁two ▁major ▁awards ; ▁the ▁pr estig ious ▁C . O . L . A . ▁Fellow ship ▁( City ▁of ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁Ind ividual ▁Art ist ▁Fellow ship ) ▁for ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁cov et ed ▁commission ▁to ▁create ▁public ▁art ▁for ▁the ▁Term inus ▁Station ▁of ▁Metro ▁EX PO ▁L INE ▁at ▁Colorado ▁& ▁