Alma Martinez

Alma Martinez is the executive director of the Central Valley Journalism Collaborative. Previously, she was a community outreach specialist at the community medical centers in Fresno. Previously, I was a reporter and program host for Radio Bilingüe in Fresno, where she focused on the health needs of the Latino immigrant and farm worker community. Radio Bilingüe is a community news and cultural network that broadcasts in Spanish, English,Mixteco, and Hmong on more than 100 U.S. affiliates and nearly 20 stations in Mexico. A Center for Health Journalism California Fellow in 2005, Ms. Martinez has reported extensively on environmental health issues in California's Central Valley. Born in Mexico, Ms. Martinez attended Los Banos High School and California State University, Fresno. She began her broadcast career at local television station KMSG in Fresno, where she produced a 30-minute documentary on the life of a farm worker family from Soledad. In June 2002, she joined the National Latino Public Radio Network, Radio Bilingüe, as associate producer of the news talk show "Línea Abierta." Recently, Ms. Martinez recorded the voices of farm worker "promotoras de salud" — health promoters — who are providing vital health information to uninsured families in the community.