Mike Martinez, MS, LAT, ATC
Leading Professional Development & Building Spaces for Critical Self-Awareness to Advance Student Success
I am a equity-minded researcher, educator, and athletic trainer. I approach professional development through an equity lens, educating faculty, clinicians, staff, and members of leadership towards greater critical awareness and self-reflection to focus on helping every student thrive. My research is informed by my lived experiences as a Chicano-queer-1st gen-low SES student and aims to advance and improve peer-to-peer and student-educator interactions, reducing barriers to success for students. My work highlights the experiences of students from minoritized backgrounds and aims to empower and improve student persistence.
Bio
Hello! My name if Mike Martinez. I am a first-generation Chicano queer scholar who honors the lived experiences of students, educators, clinicians and leaders from all backgrounds. I honor the challenges marginalized communties, have faced, currently face and continue to persevere through. My qualitative research lives in the experiences of others, related to how they recieve and engage with validation and how they feel that they matter and belong in higher education and healthcare education. I have been working in athletic training for over 20 years. I am formerly Head AT of U.S. Women's & Men's Beach Volleyball. I am an educator and a equity to liberation professional development consultant.
