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Talk of Arizona
Fa;ll 2015
within the Human Rights Campaign, he spent all of college planning to be a social studies teacher.
Martinez said he benefited from the mentorship of high school teachers who inspired him to pursue his secondary education degree with a focus in political science.
“I wanted to take my passion for civics and government and try to inspire younger students to feel as passionate as I do about it,” Martinez said.
When he graduated from the University of Arizona in 2009, however, he
“(Marana is) one of those places that I think would probably not have been the easiest to grow up being a gay Latino, like David” — Daniel Hernandez, college friend