Martha Draayer ’09 Director of Intercultural Development

712-707-7215
martha.draayer@nwciowa.edu

Martha (Perez) Draayer leads Northwestern’s Bridge Center and encourages intercultural student development by mentoring, supporting and teaching students. She works to foster students' leadership skills and advises La Mosaic, a multicultural student club. She also collaborates with staff and faculty to encourage the development of cultural intelligence among all of the campus community.

In the community, Martha serves as a board member of CASA (Center for Assistance, Service & Advocacy) of Sioux County, through which she helps Latino members of the community with issues such as housing, immigrant rights, public safety and education. She co-founded PIECE, a series of adult English-language courses aimed to meet the growing needs in the Latino community. She also speaks frequently on a variety of topics for local churches, Northwestern’s chapel, the Juntos program, Escuelita Familiar, and locally hosted Christian Community Development Association gatherings. She is a 2009 graduate of Northwestern College and earned a master’s degree in early childhood special education from the University of South Dakota.