Laura Saldivar

Laura Saldivar has been with the National Safety Council since 2018 serving in both communications and advocacy roles. She is currently a program manager for teen safe driving and oversees their parent education program called DriveitHOME™. Her initiative seeks to save lives on the nation’s roadways and offers free resources to parents/caregivers of new teen drivers. Outside of the office, she is working on her doctoral degree in communication from Liberty University, and her research focuses on transportation safety in the media. Before joining NSC full time, Laura was a teaching assistant for public speaking and health communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. There, she obtained both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in communication. During her summer breaks, she interned at the Council’s headquarters. Her passion for advocacy work stems from her teenage years serving with organizations like IL SADD, SADD National, NOYS, NYLC and YSA.