Leticia Martinez, PhD
Director of the Language for Literacy Institute, The Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk at The University of Texas at Austin
Leticia Martinez, Ph.D., is Director of the Language for Literacy Institute at The Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk at The University of Texas at Austin. Martinez's professional experience includes teaching at the elementary, secondary, and university levels. She has worked closely with schools and teachers to coordinate federally funded research for the last 7 years. Her research focuses on adolescent English language learners, content area literacy, and qualitative research of Latina youth in schools.