Martha Gonzalez (musician)

Martha Gonzalez
Gonzalez in 2022
Born51–52
Los Angeles, California
CitizenshipUnited States
EducationBachelor of Arts in Ethnomusicology
Ph.D. in Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies
Alma materUniversity of California, Los Angeles
University of Washington

Martha Gonzalez is a Chicana artist, activist, musician and feminist music theorist. She is an associate professor in the Intercollegiate Department of Chicana/o Latina/o Studies at Scripps College. She is also a lead singer, percussionist, and songwriter for the band Quetzal, which won a Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop, Rock or Album in 2013. In 2022, Gonzalez was named a MacArthur Fellow by the MacArthur Foundation.