Monica R. Martinez, PhD, is the Chief School Support Officer for the XQ Institute. Prior to this, she was a Senior Fellow for the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, an appointee to the White House Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics by President Obama. Prior to these roles, she served as the Vice President for Education Strategy at KnowledgeWorks. In Washington, DC, she was a senior associate at the Institute for Educational Leadership. Monica is an appointee by Governor Brown as a Commissioner for the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing and serves on the Board of Trustees for Learning Forward. She co-authored, Deeper Learning, a collection of inspiring stories about how 8 public schools are transforming education in the 21st century.

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