Sandra Yanira Martínez Tobar

Sandra Yanira Martínez Tobar (born 1959, San Salvador) is a Salvadoran pioneer in the field of meteorology, being the first woman to work in the National Meteorological Service later known as the Environmental Observatory of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, from where she retired in 2019. During the legislative and municipal elections on February 28, 2021, she was elected deputy of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador for La Libertad Department during the period from May 1, 2021 to May 1, 2024.

In 2021, she was launched as a candidate for deputy of Nuevas Ideas in La Libertad. She joined as president of the Environment Commission on May 6, 2021, on behalf of New Ideas in compliance with article 40 of the internal regulations of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador.

On December 6, 2019, she retired at the age of 60, after 17 years of work in the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, and after 23 more years in the Agriculture portfolio. She withdrew due to carrying out work for the vindication of working women in science.

In 2017, she was mentioned as a trending topic on social networks when compared to other television presenters who read weather reports. However, at that time, Martínez took the situation with grace and, in response, elaborated with more details about her academic and professional training that have qualified her for her position. In El Salvador News, she returned in 2020 as "Weather girl."