Laura Martinez

Assistant Director of STEM Access and Outreach Programs

Durham

Joined NCSSM in June 2025

Laura Martinez joined NCSSM in June 2025 as Assistant Director of STEM Access and Outreach Programs. In this role, she develops summer and year-round STEM enrichment programming for high school students across North Carolina. Prior to NCSSM, Laura earned her master’s in environmental management from Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment, where she also served as a Community Engagement Fellow. In that role, she expanded environmental education programming for Durham Public Schools students and community partners. Laura also holds a master’s in education and previously worked as a high school special education teacher in Providence Public Schools. Originally from Los Angeles, she studied environmental science at UCLA. She is deeply committed to conservation, educational equity, inclusive curriculum design, and environmental justice.

BS, Environmental Science, University of California, Los Angeles
MEd, Rhode Island College
MEM, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University