Marta Manzano

Marta joined the Office of Multi-ethnic Student Education (OMSE) as the administrative coordinator in 2025. In her role, Marta provides administrative, operational, and event support for the OMSE office and manages the front desk assistant program. Marta was born and raised in El Salvador and moved to Hyattsville, MD as a teenager. Growing up with close proximity to College Park, the University of Maryland (UMD) feels like a second home to her. Marta is a forever Terp, having graduated with a bachelor’s in French and Italian language and literature and a master’s in international education policy from UMD. In addition, she holds a second master’s in international enterprise management from University of Maryland Global Campus. While pursuing her master’s at UMD, she worked at the James Clark School of Engineering and the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Marta has an extensive background in education including working in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, the French Ministry of Education, the International Baccalaureate, the College Board, and George Mason University. Marta has traveled extensively in Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia, Africa, and Europe including working as an English teaching assistant in Reunion Island, studying abroad in Europe, and leading study abroad programs in Africa. Most recently, she has been conducting higher education research in Cuba and Costa Rica. When she’s not working or traveling, Marta teaches Zumba classes; she has been an instructor for more than a decade.