Tania Viera Martínez

Tania Viera Martínez (March 27, 1922 – January 5, 2007) was a Puerto Rican educator and lawyer who served as the executive director of the Puerto Rico Automobile Accident Compensation Administration from 1977 to 1984. In 1972, she became the first woman Secretary of Education of Puerto Rico. Viera Martínez later served as the rector of .

Early life and education Tania Viera Martínez was born in Gurabo, Puerto Rico on March 27 to Alejandrina Martínez and Nieves Viera. She had 9 siblings. Viera Martínez graduated with honors from Central High School. She attended the University of Puerto Rico in the faculty of education.

Viera Martínez later completed a M.A. in higher education and student affairs at the New York University Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. She took night classes, part-time, at the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico School of Law, completing a Juris Doctor in 1969. They had a daughter and son.