Miami Dade College alumna Maydee Martinez has been selected as a Puffin Fellow by the Andrew Goodman Foundation.
Martinez is one of five graduate students in the nation selected. She began her two-year run as a Puffin Fellow in January.
“It is an honor,” Martinez said. “I am thrilled to continue the work I started at Miami Dade College and work alongside individuals passionate about civic engagement, voting and civil rights.”
Martinez graduated with an associates in political science in 2016 from the Honors College at Wolfson Campus. At MDC, she was an Andrew Goodman representative. She currently attends Georgetown University.
As a Puffin Fellow, Martinez wants to create projects that will enhance voter education systems.
