Valerie Martínez is an arts administrator, educator, program director, facilitator, poet, and collaborative artist. After a 23 year career in college/university teaching, Valerie spent over 10 years directing large-scale community arts projects as Executive Director of Littleglobe and Founding Director of Artful Life. She is currently the History and Literary Arts Program Director at the National Hispanic Cultural Center.  She also continues to write and publish as a professional poet.