Tony Hernandez Pumarejo

Tony Hernandez Pumarejo is an autistic advocate, certified international coach, speaker, author, writer, consultant, TV personality, and media collaborator. Also, Tony is an Autism Response Team and Communication specialist with Autism Speaks

Born and raised in Bayamon, Puerto Rico and currently residing in Orlando, Florida, Tony was diagnosed with autism at age 3. As part of being on the autism spectrum, Tony faced different challenges, such as: being nonverbal until age 4, being in special education and delayed at school for a year, social communication, severe anxiety, repetitive behavior, and depression, among others. Also, Tony struggled with bullying in school and rejection, struggles with changes in my life, and struggles in employment.

However, Tony has been able to overcome these challenges through not only formal therapies like speech, behavior and occupational but more, my true therapy was the school of hard knocks: overcoming negative situations in life and learning from them. I have been able so far to achieve important goals in my life, such as: graduating from Seminole State College with a bachelor’s degree in business and information Management (with 3.7 Magna Cum Laude honors) and releasing my memoir “An Autism Unscripted Life” in 2018, , which was translated into Spanish in 2019 as “Una Vida Autista Sin Libreto.” and becoming a motivational and professional speaker.

Tony has appeared regularly on Univision, Telemundo and Mega TV. Also, Tony has his own podcasts called My Time with Tony Hernandez Pumarejo and Hablemos Autismo.