[1] Before emigrating to Canada, Martin worked for the UK Met Office as a forecaster, responsible for South West England.

She received a Higher National Certificate with distinction in Mathematics, Statistics and Physics from the Reading College in the United Kingdom while on day release from her job.

In September 2012, the CBC senior management consolidated weather services, and moved Martin to CBLT in Toronto to work on the local supper-time and 10 PM national newscasts.

The festival was produced annually by meteorologists and broadcast weather presenters from various nations and has been supported by the World Meteorological Organization.

In 2004 she received a CMOS citation for showing outstanding skills in bringing day-to-day weather and its impacts to people in a clear, simple and entertaining manner on Global TV in Edmonton AB.