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Jasmin Hernandez Du Bois (pronunciation; born 18 April 1999) is a political writer and activist. She frequently writes on the topics of prisoner's rights, prison abolition, and reformative justice. She began law school at the University of Minnesota in 2021.

Hernandez Du Bois began writing in high school. In her junior year, she won first place for the memoir category in a district wide writing competition. At the time, however, Hernandez Du Bois was focused on her music career; she was active in the high school wind ensemble, and traveled with the Southwest Florida Youth Symphony, an audition-only band for high school students. In 2016, Hernandez Du Bois played synthesizer for Marcato, an class A indoor percussion ensemble. The group competed nationally in Dayton, Ohio for the Winter Guard International (WGI) annual tournament.

After graduation, Hernandez Du Bois enrolled at Santa Fe Community College in Gainesville, Florida. She ran and was elected Student Body Treasurer in 2018. She graduated in 2019 with an associate of arts degree. She then transferred to the University of Florida.

At the University of Florida, Hernandez Du Bois joined Florida Political Review, an on-campus newspaper that covered local, state, and national politics. As a staff writer, she wrote about statewide political corruption stories and Black Lives Matter vigils and protests. She is best known for breaking the story on Melina Barrett, the first transgender woman to run for the Florida state legislature.

In 2021, Hernandez Du Bois graduated Cum Laude from the University of Florida, with a bachelor of art's degree in political science. .