Marina Martinez-Bateman

Marina is a communicator and community builder working and writing in the Pacific Northwest. They are currently the managing director of Letter-O-Matic, a newsletter writing service. You may know them from such innovative community projects as the radically inclusive $1 membership program at Open Signal: Portland’s Community Media or the small business catalyst East Portland Pilot Project that made 8 to 1 returns for business districts in East Portland. They cut their teeth in digital messaging for direct actions and unions and earned several awards including a PR Week nomination for their social media management on the national SAG-AFTRA merger campaign. They are a board member at Financial Beginnings Oregon and live in Rockwood with their husband, two dogs, and one cat.