Marta V. Martínez | Executive Director
Marta is RILA's Executive Director and Founder of RILA. She is a Community Oral Historian and leads Nuestras Raíces: Latino Oral History Project of Rhode Island. Martínez also published a book in 2014 based on her work with the Latino Oral History Project.
She received her Bachelor’s and Doctorate degrees from Providence College, and has a Master’s degree in Journalism from The George Washington University.
Marta is fluent in Spanish, English and Sign Language. She is of Mexican heritage, was raised in El Paso, TX and currently lives in (Pawtuxet Village) Warwick, RI.
She received her Bachelor’s and Doctorate degrees from Providence College, and has a Master’s degree in Journalism from The George Washington University.
Marta is fluent in Spanish, English and Sign Language. She is of Mexican heritage, was raised in El Paso, TX and currently lives in (Pawtuxet Village) Warwick, RI.
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Jaqueline Estrada | Latino Archives Assistant
Jacki will be working with RILA for the next 12 months as our Latino Archives Assistant. Her main focus will be organizing existing documents, digitizing photographs, audio, and video files.
She is a Junior at Rhode Island College and recently completed six months Fellowship as one of five Latinx Oral History Fellows.
Jacki is originally from Central Falls, currently lives in Pawtucket, and is fluent in Spanish and English and is of Bolivian-Guatemalan heritage.
She is a Junior at Rhode Island College and recently completed six months Fellowship as one of five Latinx Oral History Fellows.
Jacki is originally from Central Falls, currently lives in Pawtucket, and is fluent in Spanish and English and is of Bolivian-Guatemalan heritage.
Miguel Quezada, Chair
José Ramírez, Vice Chair
Robin Xiong, Secretary
Tia Ristaino-Siegel, Treasurer
Michelle DePina
Tyler Dobrowsky
Joseph Molina Flynn
Angela Rivera
