Laura Saldivar Hill is a senior program manager at NSC, where she leads DriveitHOME, an initiative providing free resources to parents and caregivers of new teen drivers to help save lives on the nation’s roadways. She joined NSC full time in 2018 after completing five internships with the organization, in which she served in communication and advocacy roles.

Previously, Saldivar worked at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign as a content manager and teaching assistant instructor for undergraduate communication courses. Her extensive experience includes serving on youth-focused boards at local, state and national levels, including Students Against Destructive Decisions, the National Youth Leadership Council’s Youth Advisory Board, the Corporation for National and Community Service’s Youth Speakers Bureau and the National Organization for Youth Safety’s Teen Distracted Driving Peer Prevention Leadership Team.

Saldivar is a doctoral candidate in communication at Liberty University, researching transportation news stories and their portrayals of automation. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in communication from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.