Jos� Moreno Hern�ndez, is an American engineer and a former NASA astronaut. Hern�ndez was born in French Camp, California, but calls Stockton, California, his hometown. His family is from La Piedad, Michoac�n, with indigenous Pur�pecha roots. In an August 25, 2009 conversation with President Felipe Calder�n of Mexico, Hern�ndez stated that as a child, he lived half the year in La Piedad and half in the United States. As a child, Hern�ndez worked alongside his family and other farmworkers throughout the fields of California, harvesting crops and moving from one town to another. He attended many schools and didn't learn to speak English until he was 12. Hern�ndez was assigned to the crew of Space Shuttle mission STS-128. He also served as chief of the Materials and Processes branch of Johnson Space Center. Hern�ndez previously developed equipment for full-field digital mammography at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Hern�ndez left NASA in 2011. In October 2011, Hern�ndez announced that, at the urging of President Barack Obama, he would run as a Democrat for California's newly redrawn 10th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives. 

August 7th, 1962 in French Camp (Age 62)