Dr. Gravina Martinez graduated from the Medical School at Universidade Federal da Bahia in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. She developed an interest in Reconstructive Plastic Surgery early in school and was involved with the Academic League of Plastic Surgery for four years, leading as the President between the years of 2011-2012. After graduating from medical school, she moved to Houston, TX in 2014 to do clinical research at Baylor College of Medicine and subsequently joined their integrated plastic surgery residency in which she completed a wide variety of cases and developed her passion for microvascular reconstruction.