A native of Miami, Florida, Marta graduated from the Florida State University. She married her husband, Larry, after graduation, and moved to Charlottesville with their three daughters in 1986. She was received into the Dominican Laity in 2005 and made Final Profession in 2009. In May of 2009, she was elected President of the St. Thomas Aquinas Chapter of Lay Dominicans. Marta enjoys spoiling her ten grandchildren, and giving thanks for the joys and blessings that working for and worshiping at St. Thomas has afforded her and her family.