Marianne Martinez has experience in education, nonprofit work, and community engagement. She has a Master's in Public Administration and a BA in Spanish and Sustainable Development. Her work includes coordinating orientation programs at UNC Asheville, teaching Spanish, tutoring migrant youth, coordinating health programs, and facilitating cultural events. She is fluent in English and Spanish and has received several honors for her leadership and community service.

1. Marianne Martínez Community. Sustainability. Education. Leadership. Collaboration.
Education
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Master of Public Administration, Non-Profit Management
Graduated: December 2015
Appalachian State University
Bachelors of Arts, Spanish & Sustainable Development
Graduated: May 2009 | Magna cum Laude
Work Experience
Spanish Teacher JUNE – AUGUST 2016; CONTRACTED FOR SUMMER 2017
Asheville-Buncombe Technical College | Asheville, North Carolina
Community Enrichment Program
• Create and teach beginning Spanish language curriculum for 25
community members
Program Associate AUGUST 2012 – PRESENT
University of North Carolina, Asheville | Asheville, North Carolina
Transition and Parent Programs
• Represent department and serve in director’s place as requested
• Serve as supervisor for pre-rendezblue, the University’s extended
orientation institute, serving up to 140 students
o Supervise the 8-month process of program planning for 7 distinct
campus and community-based programs including leader
recruitment and hiring and marketing
o Build and implement 2 leadership retreats for student leaders to
build team dynamics and personal leadership
o Advise a team of 16 student leaders through group and one-on-
one meetings throughout the year
• Plan and execute all day-long and overnight embark Orientation
sessions for 1,800 new, incoming students and family members
o Assist in recruitment and selection of 25 student leaders
o Assist in leadership and team development of student leaders
o Collaborate with campus partners to provide comprehensive and
tailored resources and presentations
o Coordinate programming, registration, and logistics
• Oversee first year programming for non-traditional, veteran, first
generation, off-campus freshman, and transfer students
o Conduct community-based needs assessments through focus
groups and surveys and coordinate programming based on
explicit, stated needs of students and demonstrated best practices
• Plan and execute Family Weekend with one additional team member,
resulting in record numbers of 350 attendees and innovative and
engaging programming that attendees return to for multiple years
• Serve as advisor to the Hispanic Student Association and leadership
• Begin a chapter of the national honor society Tau Sigma for transfer
students and advise the chapter and leadership
EMAIL
marianne.lyn.martinez
@gmail.com
PHONE
(828) 429-3077
ADDRESS
6 Dudley Baker Court
Asheville, North
Carolina 28803
Languages
English & Spanish
Fluent in reading,
writing, and speaking
Professional
Certificates
Teacher of English to
Speakers of Other
Languages
East Carolina University
EXPECTED: MAY 2018
Non Profit Leadership
UNC Chapel Hill
DECEMBER 2015
Administrative &
Frontline Service
Professional
UNC Asheville
MAY 2014
Honors
Janet B. Royster
Scholar
UNC General Assembly
2015
Public Service
Leadership Fellow
UNC Chapel Hill School
of Government 2013
Cultural Competency
Award
UNC Asheville 2013

2. Marianne Martínez Community. Sustainability. Education. Leadership. Collaboration.
English Tutor to Out of School Youth JULY 2012 – OCTOBER 2014
Henderson County Public Schools | Hendersonville, North Carolina
Migrant Education Program
• Coordinated with local organizations for health, sexual disease, and
alcohol/drug rehabilitation interventions for youth. Identified
community health and education resources for youth as needed
• Delivered individualized, in-home English lessons for several camps of
migrant farmworker youth with groups ranging from one to 15
students at all levels of English
Program Coordinator FEBRUARY 2011 – MARCH 2013
SeaMar Community Health Centers| Seattle, Washington
HealthCorps Program
• Created and facilitated comprehensive yearly orientation training for
22-member HealthCorps team
• Designed, planned, and coordinated yearly, bi-annual, and weekly
team trainings such as leadership development, career development,
and emergency management, and monthly service opportunities for all
team members, including 12 patient service navigators
• Collaborated with one other team member to train a team of current
HealthCorps members to hire their own successor team. Managed
hiring process with a focus on fostering members’ professional skills
while creating highly effective teams. Promoted program nationally
and locally
• Served as liaison to human resources and business offices,
coordinating compensation, payment, insurance benefits, and travel
benefits. Maintained confidential records for the national grant
program
Outreach Coordinator to Hispanic Community SEPTEMBER 2009 – 2010
Phinney Neighborhood Association | Seattle, Washington
AmeriCorps Program
• Conceptualized and implemented a Language Exchange Program to
facilitate cross-cultural language and tradition sharing and
collaborated with volunteer teachers to create weekly programming for
students. Promoted the program through publications, flyers,
community outreach, and partner organizations
• Developed and facilitated weekly cultural month events, forging new
organizational relationships with 35 community organizations and
volunteers and established a safe space for deep, culture-focused
conversations
• Created the first Phinney Immigration Forum, including five major
Seattle-based immigration advocates and over 150 participants.
Earned a grant from the City of Seattle to implement this program
Honors CONTINUED
Undergraduate Honors
Thesis Funding
Grantee
Appalachian State
University 2009
Honors Travel Abroad
Scholar
Appalachian State
University 2008
Presentation
History
2015 UNC Asheville
Leadership Summit
“WORKING TOWARD
EQUALITY: TOOLS FOR
LEADING DIVERSITY IN AN
ORGANIZATION”
2009 Appalachian
State University
Commencement
STUDENT KEYNOTE
Study Abroad
Universidad
Internacional
Cuernavaca, Mexico 2007
Universidad Pablo de
Olavide
Sevilla, Spain 2008
Research Papers
“Henderson County
Migrant Education
Program Out of School
Youth & Blue Ridge
Community Health
Services Partnership
Assessment” 2014
Undergraduate Honors
Thesis: The Sense of
Community within
Mexican Farm Workers in
the High Country” 2009