Anna Martin is a hybrid teacher at a middle school in the South Bay. She began her career through Teach For America and has continued to work as a mentor and teacher leader at her placement school. She is now entering her eighth year in the profession. She is a member of the Center for Teaching Quality's Bay Area New Millenium Initiative. In the summer of 2010, she was a Fulbright recipient and had the opportunity to travel to Morocco to develop social studies curriculum. During the last school year, she completed her work towards National Board certification and is awaiting news of the result.