Jodie is the newest D2 Center staff member and she’s team teaching two elective credit classes at the D2 Center this summer with Ms. Clem Bell. Ms. Martinez just completed a 32-year career with the Omaha Public Schools—all as an English teacher at Central High. The past 17 years she served as English Department Head and for the past 3 years she also helped coordinate English instruction with the International Baccalaureate Program at Central. Jodie is a Buffett award-winning teacher with Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from UNO. She has a son who will be attending UNO this fall and a daughter who will be a senior at Central. Following her teaching assignment this summer, Jodie will be assisting the D2 Center staff with special projects.