Natalia Martínez
Natalia is an organizational psychologist and strategist focused on merging innovation, entrepreneurship, and community impact. She focuses on creating connected communities and vibrant ecosystems, most recently by leading the expansion of the Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC) from Boston to Miami, seeking to deepen and nuance the conversation about entrepreneurship, and building tangible bridges to innovation hubs and Latin America. As part of this effort, she oversees the core three-year old $4M business, in parallel with the master planning of an innovation district that requires setting a joint agenda between the public, academic, and private sectors in Miami.
Most recently, Natalia has spearheaded the launch of a nonpartisan, grassroots campaign called Immigrant Powered. The mission behind the project is three-fold: to highlight the positive economic impact of immigrants in our communities, to empower ‘immigrant powered’ businesses, and to connect small/medium businesses with opportunities for advocacy around responsible immigration policy.
It also does extensive work with the public and private sectors in Latin America, often acting with governments, ministries, investors and actors in economic development. It also participates with multilateral actors such as the World Economic Forum and the Inter-American Development Bank in areas that have an inclusive involvement, participation and innovation of interests on both sides of a border, and has been invited to participate and speak in their events.
Natalia has been a contributor to outlets such as The Huffington Post, the World Economic Forum, Mic, and La Nacion. She holds a B.A. in Psychology and Government from Harvard University and an M.A. in Organizational Psychology from Columbia University. She has been an immigrant, twice, and is of Cuban and Russian descent.