[2][3] After training in a bakery, influenced by her mother, she decided to move to Spain, a country she considered "the cradle of gastronomy".

[4] In 2003, newly arrived from the Dominican Republic, Marte got a job cleaning dishes at "El Club Allard" in Madrid.

[7][8] After three months, head chef Guerrero said he had to find someone else to wash the dishes because Marte "was worth the kitchen."

During these years, Marte worked in all parts of the kitchen: bakery, fridge, meat and fish.

In the newspaper El País, they write about "a Cinderella Michelin";[10] the magazine Diez Minutos describes her as a "fighter";[11] Elle writes of her "triumph of constancy";[2] El Correo considers her a "brave and self-made woman with a story of a story".

"[7] Marte says the way she cooks is to present "creative dishes", but "without transgressing or disguising the product".