Motivational Monday – 1 Year Anniversary Episode of The Martha Empowers Podcast. Thank you – muchas gracias for your continued support! I...

First-Generation Friday 🎓🎓🎓 During the saddest (and scariest) week of my life, my father's funeral and my family in a car accident,...

Motivational Monday – The Martha Empowers Podcast releases Episode #10 “What Is TRiO?” a conversation with Mercedes Terrazas, M.Ed., a...

Motivational Monday – The Martha Empowers Podcast releases Episode #9 “No Sight is Insight: A Dialogue about Disability and Inclusion”...

Motivational Monday – Martha Empowers Podcast releases Episode #8 - “Crossing Borders, Breaking Boundaries” with guest speaker Luis A....

“Bloom where you are planted” A few years ago, I was given this wall decoration as I ventured off to live and work outside my home state...

Thankful Thursday – Last month, the Florida Academic Advising Association (FLACADA) surprised me with the 2021 Excellence in Advising...

First-Generation Fridays – Martha Empowers Podcast released Episode #7 - “Why Mentoring Matters” with Cycle Breaker Lorraine (Lorena)...

I'm grateful to the IL TRIO Team for selecting me to present at last month's IL TRIO Professional Day Conference. This has been my 8th...

I'm grateful to the IL Latino Council on Higher Education (ILACHE) for selecting me to present two workshops at the 28th Annual...

Motivational Monday: Martha Empowers Podcast releases Episode #6 - “How to Apply and Win Scholarships” with Edward “Eddie” Troncoso, a...

Motivational Monday – Martha Empowers Podcast celebrates Womyn’s Her-Story Month with the release of episode #5 - “Fierce, First-Gen and...

8 March 1994 - 27 years ago today, I appeared for the 1st time on television when I received the high school Extra Effort Award...

Feliz Dia Internacional de la Mujer, here is my gift to all the hardworking and amazing mujeres out there luchando por sus vidas, por sus...

I'm excited and honored to have been selected to present my workshop "Applying Appreciative Advising to Advance Inclusion of Undocumented...

I'm honored and excited to have been selected to present my workshop at the Virtual IL TRIO Day Conference - Utilizing Transparency and...

Motivational Monday: Martha Empowers Podcast releases episode 3 “ Cómo Aplicar a Becas”- how to apply to scholarships with my guest...

I'm honored to have been selected to present at the 39th annual national U.S. Hispanic Leadership Institute (USHLI) Conference on...

Martha Empowers Podcast releases episode #2 “My Undocumented College Journey” with guest speaker Ms. Ana Campa Castillo. Ana is one of...

As we honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., I am reminded by one of his power quotes -- “Life’s most persistent and...