Paola Martinez

Paola Martinez is a Dominican-born, fierce activist of education and immigrants'rights. She has led the efforts of La Coalicion Educacion Digna in the US to strengthen the advocacy for the allocation of 4% of the GDP for public education, mandated by the constitutional law 66-97 in Dominican Republic. Paola is currently a Community Mobilization & Advocacy Fellow with La Fuente, an organization that works for the rights of immigrant's and workers in underserved communities throughout New York City. Further, she coordinates the Votos y Voces campaign, an initiative to mobilize new and inactive voters, and engage them to influence the election's decision-making process. Formerly, she was an intern for the Community Mobilization Department of the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health (NLIRH) and Education & Advocacy Fellow of the Dominican American National Round Table (DANR). While pursuing a career in Political Science, concentrating in law and policy at Baruch College, she works as a Spanish teacher at the Dalton School in New York City and the Instituto Cervantes, the leading institution that promotes the Spanish language and Spanish & Hispanic-American culture around the world. Through her job she develops her passion for languages, education, and involvement with children.