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Dr. Martinez's areas of expertise include education policy, leadership, access and equity for underrepresented student populations and the role of higher education in a diverse society. She regularly provides expert testimony (k-12 and postsecondary) on education policy issues and is involved in numerous efforts to build capacity through education research and policy. She is a New Leadership Academy Fellow through the National Center for Institutional Diversity at the University of Michigan and an Equity & Policy Fellow through the Ford Foundation, University of Southern California, and Western Interstate Consortium in Higher Education. Dr. Martinez holds a Ph.D. in Education from the University of Michigan, Master of Education from Harvard University and a Bachelor of Science in Business from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.