Sayda Martinez-Alvarado

Biography

Sayda Martinez-Alvarado, Leesburg, graduated from Yale University in 2023 with a BA in Psychology and a certificate in education studies, and currently works as a Senior Policy Analyst at EdTrust, where she advocates for improving the accessibility of federal financial aid and conducts research and policy analysis on issues in higher education. At Yale, she has mentored peers and younger students in a variety of roles, including as student ambassador for first-generation, low-income students, lead counselor for first-year students in her residential college, and head advising fellow for a national nonprofit. She also worked as an education policy intern at the National Coalition on School Diversity, led a project to improve the representation of diverse alumni in Yale portraiture, and was head conductor of the Davenport College Pops Orchestra. At Oxford, Sayda hopes to further her work to promote an inclusive education system that fosters social and economic mobility by completing an MSc in Education and an MSc in Evidence-Based Social Intervention and Policy Evaluation.