Laurie Hernandez was born on June 9th, 2000.
=== Media appearances ===On November 24, 2016, she appeared on the 90th anniversary of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, riding the Spirit of America float
 Although Hernandez previously trained in New Jersey at MG Elite, for her comeback she chose to switch gymnastics clubs and train at Gym-Max in California with coaches Jenny Zhang and Howie Liang

