Member, Board of Education, State of Rhode Island, 2015-present

No caucus information on file.

Executive Director, Rhode Island Latino Arts, 1988-present

Coordinator/Developer, Coming to Rhode Island – Dominican Gallery

Director, International Publications, Gallaudet University

Manager, La Galeria del Pueblo Cultural Center

Employee, WPRI TV-12

Adjunct Faculty, Providence College, 2017

Partnership Specialist, United States Censorship Bureau, United States Department of COmmerce, 2008-2010

Writer/Exhibit Developer, Providence Children's Museum, 2005-2006

Contributor, Caribbean Connections: The Dominicans of Rhode Island, 2005

Teacher, Spanish, Saint Peter's Catholic School, 1995-2002

Former Coordinator/Co-Curator, The Rhode Island Foundation, 1999-2000

Interpreter/Translator, Self-Employed, 1989-1995

Member, Board, Southside Cultural Center, 2016-present

Founder/Chair, Friends of Pawtuxet Village, 2011-present

Co-Founder/ Board Member, Coalition of Advocates for Student Opportunities, 2007-present

Board Member/ Founder, César Chavez Scholarship Fund, 2004-present

Chair, Juanita Sánchez Community Fund, the Rhode Island Foundation, 1992-present

Founder/ Chair, Hispanic Heritage Committee of Rhode Island, 1989-present

Member, ArtPlace Community Advisory Board, City of Providence, present

Member, Congressman Langevin's Arts and Culture Advisory Committee, present

Member, Council on Elementary and Secondary Education, Rhode Island Department of Education, present

Member, Executive Committee, Latinos in Heritage Conservation, present

Fellow, John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage, present

Member, National Oral History Association, present

Member, Board of Trustees, Providence Foundation

Community Partner/Teaching Artist, Calcutt Middle School

Community Partner/Teaching Artist, Central Falls High School

Former Board Member, Community Advisory Committee, WSBE (Rhode Island Public Broadcasting Service)

Former Board Member, Governor’s Health Exchange Board

Founder, Latino Oral History Project of Rhode Island

Chair/Founder, Merchants Association

Member, National Storytellers Network and the American Folklife Society

Founder, Nuestra Raices: The Latino Oral History Project of Rhode Island

Former Board Member, Pawtuxet Village Association

Member, President’s Community Advisory Committee, Providence College

Former Board Member, Providence Mayoral Academy

Member, Rhode Island College Presidents’ Committee on Inclusive Excellence

Former Board Member, Rhode Island Council for the Humanities

Communications Director, Progreso Latino, 2010-2018

Diversity Scholar, National Trust of Historic Preservation, 2015-2016

INE Fellow, The Rhode Island Foundation, 2015-2016

Fellow, Advocacy Leadership Institute, National Association of Latino Arts & Cultures (NALAC), 2015

Board Member, Community MusicWorks, 2014

Fellow, Leadership Institute, National Association of Latino Arts & Cultures (NALAC), 2014

Chair, Hispanic Heritage Committee of Rhode Island (Rhode Island Latino Arts), 1988-2013

Board Member, Paul Cuffee Charter School, 2003-2007

Assistant Director, Rhode Island Indian Council, 2004-2005

Director of Publications, Rhode Island Historical Society, 1996-2002

Executive Director, Center for Hispanic Policy & Advocacy (CHisPA), 1988-1996

Awards:

Marta was honored by the Providence Journal as "Woman to Watch" in 2000; recipient of 2005 Education Award by the R.I. Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission; recipient of 2008 Community Engagement Award by the Center for Hispanic Policy & Advocacy; honored by the Providence Journal as a "Person to Watch" in 2010; and recipient of the Hispanic Community Leader of the Year by the R.I. Hispanic American Chamber of Commerce in 2011. In 2014, Marta was selected by the National Association of Latino Art & Cultures (NALAC) for their Leadership Institute and in 2015 was awarded a fellowship by the R.I. Foundation.

Publications:

Latino History of R.I.: Nuestras Raíces- 2014