Antoinette Martinez is a 2025-2026 Teach Plus Illinois Early Childhood Educator Policy Fellow and K-2 special education teacher at Belleview Area Special Services Cooperative in Swansea, Illinois. She develops autonomy, resiliency, and agency in her students, focused on individualized support. Previously, Antoinette taught early childhood education in the private school sector. She was inducted into the Phi Theta Kappa honor society (2019) and serves as teacher advisor for Scholastic’s My Big World With Clifford preschool publication. Antoinette earned her BA in early childhood education from National Louis University at Chicago and is pursuing a master’s in early childhood special education.
