Monica Martinez

Monica Martinez is the Vice President for Education Strategy for the KnowledgeWorks Foundation. As the foundation’s Vice President for Education Strategy, she will lead the development of new initiatives and coordination of strategic planning. Prior to being named Vice President, Dr. Martinez was an adviser to the foundation as Senior Fellow. Martinez founded the National High School Alliance, a partnership of more than 40 organizations sharing a common commitment to promoting excellence, equity, and development of high school-age youth, while she was at the Institute for Educational Leadership in Washington D.C. Dr. Martinez has contributed to many policy and research efforts to reform education, including a University of Maryland effort to improve the quality of teaching through engagement in collaborative action research and research conducted at the New York University Institute for Education and Public Policy to support the development of small schools in New York City. Dr. Martinez received her Ph.D. and M.A. in Higher Education Administration from the School of Education at New York University, and her bachelor's degree from Baylor University.