Meet Our Staff

Yvette Martinez

STAR Program Director

Yvette Martinez is an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation Tribe from the Ramah Navajo Community. Yvette is Bitter Water Clan (Todich’ii’nii) and born for the Mexican Clan (Naakaii Dine’e’), her maternal grandfather is Chiricahua Apache (Chishi’) and her paternal grandfather is the Sleeping Rock Clan (Tsé Nahabiłnii). She has an Associate of Arts degree in liberal arts from Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute – Albuquerque, NM; and a Bachelor of Arts degree in American Indian Studies with an emphasis in Social Welfare from Haskell Indian Nations University – Lawrence, KS. Yvette graduated in 2018 with her master’s degree in social welfare from the University of Kansas – Lawrence, KS. Yvette moved back to New Mexico and joined the Youth Shelters and Family Services team in August of 2019 as a Service Coordinator for the STAR+ Program in Gallup, NM and was later promoted as Program Manager for STAR+ Program in Gallup, NM in March 2020. In November 2022, Yvette accepted the Program Director role for the STAR+ Program providing services throughout Santa Fe, Los Alamos, Sandoval, McKinley, and Cibola counties.