Carmen Martínez is a researcher with 18 years of experience in a range of national, state, and local research and evaluation projects in the domains of early education and intervention, programs for at-risk and culturally diverse students, closing the achievement gap for low-income and minority students; and policies and interventions designed to improve underrepresented students’ preparation for, access to, and persistence in the STEM fields. Ms. Martínez is skilled in quantitative and qualitative analyses and has extensive expertise in cognitive and usability testing research, as well as critical incident methodology.