Martha Domínguez,

State Board of Education District 1

Judith Flores

Martha Domínguez, Background

Born in El Paso, TX 1951

She said that Education is key! Her father shared that the one thing that could not be taken away was education.

He recognized the value of an education. This is the reason she values education. She takes pride in having earned the reputation of a

strong work ethic, integrity, and honesty, which are a direct result of her upbringing.

Dominguez taught catechism and confirmation classes at her church for many years.

Dominguez is married and raised two nieces as her own children and has three stepchildren.

Education. A lifelong learner

Earned a Doctorate in Educational

Administration from, New Mexico State

University

Earned a Master’s degree in Secondary

Education from, Stephen F. Austin State University

Earned a Bachelors Degree in Business

Administratiion, from University of Texas, El

Paso Graduated from El Paso

High School

Employment Experience

Assistant Principal Educator

Instructional Supervisor, Future Business Leaders

of America (FBLA) Instructional Aide

Martha Domínguez. EDUCATION/ PREVIOUS

EXPERIENCE

Organizations

District VI Representative,

Texas Association of School Personnel

(TASPA) Vice President, Texas Association of

School Personnel (TASPA)

Secretary, Texas

Association of School Personnel

(TASPA) President, Ysleta

Federation of Teachers

Secretary, Ysleta Federation of

Teachers President, Texas

Association of School Personnel

(TASPA), 2012

Martha Domínguez. EDUCATION/ PREVIOUS

EXPERIENCE

Democratic Party

Member, State Board of

Education, State of

Education, District 1,

2012-present

Martha Domínguez. PRESENT POLITICAL

EXPERIENCE

Dominguez, a Democrat, was elected to the State Board of Education in November 2012 and took office on January 1, 2013. She serves on the board's Committee on Instruction.She currently is the director of support personnel for the Ysleta Independent School District in El Paso. ELECTION INFO

2012 General ElectionWon with 57.66% of vote2012 Democratic Party Primary ElectionWon with 56.10% of vote

Martha Domínguez. CONTRIBUTION TO TX

POLITICShttp://

s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/filings/2012/DominguezCY2012.pdf

Martha Domínguez. CONTRIBUTION TO TX

EDUCATION

“Texas took a step toward instituting ethnic studies courses in public schools across the state on April 10th 2014, with the State Board of Education voting 11 to 3 to create instructional materials for such classes (huffingtonpost 2014).” Activists had pushed since November to create a statewide Mexican-American studies curriculum, arguing that such courses would help boost student achievement and foster cultural awareness in the state’s majority-Hispanic school system.

“The most important characteristic

required to work with students is "caring."

Then, "respect." When you care,

regardless of the position, students

come first in everything that you

do. Students deserve the best from all of

us.”

Martha Domínguez. QUOTE

During her career, she has been named the Teacher of the Year for Riverside High School in Ysleta and for the Ysleta Federation of Teachers. She is also the recipient of the Salute to Women in Education Award by the El Paso Women’s Employment and Education, Inc.; the Education Award by Adelante Mujer Hispana and twice earned the summer employment award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture; Summer Employment Award (2 summers).

Martha Domínguez. AWARDS

WORKS CITEDDominguez , M. M. (2012). Martha M. Dominguez . Retrieved from

txpta.org: http://www.txpta.org/public/upload/files/Legislative/2012/SBOE%20Candidate%20Forums/Martha%20Dominguez%20Bio.pdf

Planas, R. (2014, April 10). Why Mexican-American Studies Is 'Going To Spread Like Wildfire' In Texas. Huff Post.

Smith, M. (2012, September 19). The Texas Tribune. Retrieved from El Paso SBOE Candidate Has Little Campaign Presence: http://www.texastribune.org/2012/09/19/el-pasos-accidental-state-board-education-candidat/

TEA. (2013, January 1). Texas Education Agency. Retrieved from SBOE Member District 1: http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index4.aspx?id=3423

The Texas Tribune. (2013, January 1). The Texas Tribune. Retrieved from Member Martha Dominguez, State Board of Education District 1 (D-El Paso): http://www.texastribune.org/directory/martha-dominguez/#ui-tabs-1

Martha Domínguez.

Thank you, for your attention…

Judith Flores