Nora Elena Yu Hernández, funcionaria juarense que abrió el camino al género femenino
En un mundo normalmente dominado por hombres, de vez en cuando sobresalen mujeres que saben ejercer su liderazgo de manera importante y responsable, y que ponen el ejemplo a las otras que como ella buscan hacerse respetar en cualquier ámbito que se desenvuelvan.
Ejemplo de lo anterior es Nora Elena Yu Hernández, un rostro conocido en la comunidad fronteriza, a la cual ha defendido desde diferentes trincheras.
Nora Yu es una juarense hija de madre parralense y padre yucateco, descendiente de coreanos, que desde la preparatoria le gustó involucrarse en toda actividad que ayudara a resolver las problemáticas que aquejaban su entorno, ya sea en la escuela, la colonia, su familia, y otros.
Quienes saben de la labor de esta Mujer Visionaria, son testigos del camino que ha trazado para otras que ven en ella un ejemplo de tenacidad, constancia y dedicación, que en combinación con sus virtudes la han hecho triunfar, incluso sobre hombres que al final del día la admiran y respetan.
Trayectoria
Yu Hernández cuenta a nuestra revista que nunca se queda de brazos cruzados y en lugar de enredarse en problemas busca soluciones que no únicamente resuelvan la situación del momento, sino que sean respuestas definitivas a favor de los demás.
Lo anterior lo descubrió desde la preparatoria, cuando trabajó en la campaña estudiantil de quien en un futuro se convertiría en presidente municipal de Ciudad Juárez, Héctor “Teto” Murguía; luego desarrollaría su liderazgo en la universidad y finalmente se consolidaría en el negocio de su padre, donde comenzó a tratar con comerciantes y finalizaría como miembro, vicepresidenta y presidenta del Consejo de la Cámara de Comercio.
En esa misma época, Nora se convirtió en agente aduanal y después en presidenta de la Asociación de Agentes Aduanales, a la que volvió 20 años después; antes, estuvo al frente de la Junta Municipal de Agua y Saneamiento (JMAS) y fue diputada plurinominal por el Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI).
“Por lo mismo inquieta que soy, por lo mismo de estar cuestionando… empecé a conocer a mucha gente y eso me abrió las puertas”, dice sobre su paso por la política en el sexenio de Vicente Fox.
Nora es vista por sus colegas y amigos como una líder nata, algo que ella también reconoce y que le pesa no encontrar en otras mujeres.
“Me preocupa mucho la falta de liderazgos en la ciudad… tenemos el problema de una generación apática. Es muy fácil como ser humano ser conformista, ser apático y que los demás resuelvan tus problemas”, menciona.
La familia
Entre risas nos dice que también es líder en su familia, a la cual describe como su refugio, “el descanso que tienes después de tanto trabajar”, es por eso que a este núcleo nunca le habla de problemas “de la calle”.
La exdiputada se dice una mujer de fe que toma como ventaja ser conocida en la comunidad, al mismo tiempo que reflexiona sobre el estancamiento del género femenino, que no avanza porque es él mismo el que se repliega y no compite con los hombres, tal y como ella lo ha hecho, sin temores que frenen el desarrollo de la mujer visionaria, a la cual describe como aquella que “lo que está viviendo ahorita es porque ya lo planeo desde antes, es ver hacia adelante, lo que sigue… lo que estoy viviendo ahora es porque ya lo hice, ya lo planifiqué, ya lo caminé; lo que estoy haciendo ahorita es sembrar para el futuro”.
“Toda mi vida he vivido en Ciudad Juárez y espero morirme en Ciudad Juárez”
Fearing nothing
Nora Elena Yu Hernandez, Juarense official who paved the way for the female gender
In a world generally dominated by men, from time to time, women stand out for knowing how to exercise their leadership effectively and set an example for others who seek to make themselves respected in whatever field they work in.
One of them is Nora Elena Yu Hernandez, a well-known face in the border community, which she has defended from different positions.
Nora Yu is a Juarense, the daughter of a Parralense mother and a Yucatecan father of Korean descent. Since high school, she has been involved in activities to solve problems with the environment, school, neighborhood, family, and others.
That has led her, throughout her career of service, to positions that had previously only been held by men, including president of the Chamber of Commerce, president of the Customs Agents Association, president of the Water and Sanitation Board (JMAS) and even plurinominal deputy for the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).
Those who know her work are witnesses of the path she has traced for other women as an example of tenacity, perseverance and dedication. Her virtues have made her triumph, even over men who respect and admire her.
Trajectory
Yu Hernandez says that she always stands up. Instead of getting entangled in problems, she looks for solutions that not only solve the situation of the moment but are definitive answers in favor of others.
She discovered this in high school when she worked in the student campaign of Héctor “Teto” Murguía, who would become the mayor of Ciudad Juárez. She developed her leadership in the university, and finally, she consolidated in her father’s business, where she began to deal with merchants, which would eventually lead her to the Chamber of Commerce, in the wholesale section, where in addition to being a member, she was vice president and president of the Board.
At this same time, Nora became a customs agent and then president of the Association, of which 20 years later, she again heads the leadership. Still, before that, she was at the head of the Municipal Water and Sanitation Board and was also a deputy.
“For the same restlessness, I am, for the same reason of questioning… I began to meet many people, and that finally opened the doors for me”, she says about her political career during the six-year presidential term of Vicente Fox, in which she was an essential part of the decisions that were made in favor of the country.
“It has not been difficult for me,” says the interviewee, who assures that she is entirely against injustices, “I don’t like the fact that they want to impose something illegal,” she adds.
Second round
Returning to her time at the Customs Brokers Association, Nora tells us that after 20 years, she found the organization in a circle of comfort, which she hopes to change with the help of her colleagues, who see her as a born leader. Leadership that she also recognizes and that she is affected by not finding in other women.
“I am very concerned about the lack of leadership in the city. We have the problem of an apathetic generation,” she says.
“It is easy as a human being to be conformist, to be apathetic and have others solve your problems, but the main thing is that you get involved in the problems of your school, of your city, of your family, because I am even the leader of my family,” she mentions with a laugh.
Family
She describes her family as her refuge, “the rest you have after working so hard,” so she never talks to them about “street” problems.
The former deputy says she is a woman of faith who takes advantage of being known in the community, where she would like to leave a legacy of work and order and, above all, benefits other women, whom she asks to “do their work well so that they do not close the door to others.”
She reflects on the fact that the female gender does not advance because it is the one who withdraws and does not compete with men, just as she has done. She took advantage of the opportunities without conformism or fears that only would hinder her development. She describes herself as ” living now what she has been planning, looking ahead for what is next. I am living now because I have already done it, I have already planned it, I have already walked it; what I am doing now is sowing for the future”.
“All my life, I have lived in Ciudad Juárez, and I hope to die in Ciudad Juárez.”