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Marta V. Martínez is a community program administrator, activist and historian in Providence, Rhode Island. Martínez grew up in El Paso, Texas . [ 1 ] Martínez graduated from Providence College in 1979 and from George Washington University with a master's degree in journalism in 1985.
Marta Lourdes Tellado [3] was born in Cuba. In 1961, at the age of two, Tellado and her family left Havana for the U.S. as political refugees. [4] [5]After completing an undergraduate degree in 1981 at Fairleigh Dickinson University, Tellado went to Public Citizen’s Congress Watch, a nonprofit group. [4]
The Administration on Aging (AoA) is an agency within the Administration for Community Living of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.AoA works to ensure that older Americans can stay independent in their communities, mostly by awarding grants to States, Native American tribal organizations, and local communities to support programs authorized by Congress in the Older ...
Marta Russell (December 20, 1951 – December 15, 2013) was an American writer and disability rights activist. Her book, Beyond Ramps: Disability at the End of the Social Contract published in 1998 by Common Courage Press analyzes the relationship between disability, social Darwinism , and economic austerity under capitalism.
Marta Alicia Martin (born September 10, 1966) is an American television and film actress. Personal life. Martin was born in Medina, Ohio.
The Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging (or simply the Stein Institute for Research on Aging) is a non-profit, multidisciplinary research institute at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine located in La Jolla, California. Established in 1983, it researches healthy aging through the development and application ...
The committee conducts oversight of the Medicare program, Social Security and the Older Americans Act. Some of the issues that have been examined by the committee include unacceptable conditions in nursing homes, protection from age discrimination, and pricing practices for prescription drugs. [2]
Marta Moreno Vega is the founder of the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI). She led El Museo del Barrio, is one of the founders of the Association of Hispanic Arts, and founded the Network of Centers of Color and the Roundtable of Institutions of Colors. [1] [2] Vega is also a visual artist and an Afro-Latina activist.