Martha Diaz

Martha Diaz
Born (1969-07-29)July 29, 1969
Nationality Colombian-American
Occupation Founding Director, Hip-Hop Education Center
Known for Community Organizer, Media Producer, Curator, Educator, Social Entrepreneur

Martha Diaz is a community organizer, media producer, archivist, curator, social entrepreneur, and adjunct professor at New York University's Gallatin School. From 2002-2012, Diaz served as chair and executive director of the Hip-Hop Association, and produced the H2O International Film Festival and Hip-Hop Education Summit. In 2008, Diaz was the recipient of the Catherine B. Reynolds Fellowship in Social Entrepreneurship. In 2010, Diaz founded the Hip-Hop Education Center for research, evaluation, and training. Diaz was a Senior Fellow at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History, Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, and a Hip-Hop Scholar at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture - New York Public Library. In September 2014, Diaz was selected as a Community Scholar at Columbia University.[1][2][3]

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