Marta and her siblings, Raquel and Eduardo, would be raised on the Cazañas family's Buena Vista estate in Cárdenas bordering Varadero.

[2] With the outbreak of the Cuban Revolution and the growing alignment of the Castro regime with Soviet-backed Communist doctrines, Marta became involved with the pro-democracy Counterrevolution.

[3][4] As such, Marta's older sister Raquel and her husband, prominent psychiatrist and pro-democracy revolutionary René de la Huerta, also became involved.

[5] De la Huerta, a top member of the ACU, had previously been involved in efforts to oust Fulgencio Batista with Jorge Agostini and other anti-Batista figures.

[8][9][10][11] Marta's activities included organizing meetings, hiding contacts, and coordinating between MRR cells with aliases to avoid detection by Castro and Soviet counter-intelligence agents and infiltrators.

[12] They later relocated to Washington D.C. in 1966 where Jesús Permuy received his Master in Regional and City Planning (MRCP) from the Catholic University of America and served as chief planner for Anne Arundel County.

By 1971 she helped secure him a studio space in a Coral Gables apartment at 1901 Le Jeune Road where he produced many of the works that led to his career breakthrough.

[1][3][2] In 1972 González graduated from the University of Miami and was preparing to relocate to New York City after successful exhibitions in the Whitney Museum and Allan Stone Gallery.

While it featured traditional white walls, it also infused a number of unconventional influences such as tropical indoor plants and thick residential window drapes.

[15] In its approximately five-year span, Permuy Gallery featured many prominent as well as emerging Cuban and Latin American artists in individual and group exhibitions.

Featured artists included the trio of Lourdes Gomez Franca, Miguel (“Mickey”) Jorge, Dionisio (“Dennis”) Perkins as well as Juan González, Rafael Consuegra, Emilio Falero, Margarita Cano, and Gabriel Sorzano.

[1] The work of these high-profile legacy artists would be a significant draw to collectors who in this period were seeking to re-establish links to their cultural heritage as it became clear over time that a return to Cuba would not be viable while the Cuban government was well-entrenched.

[16] Notable participants in Marta's activities in Permuy Gallery included then-Miami mayor Maurice Ferre, Cuban art critic and poet Mauricio Fernández, future curator and scholar Ricardo Pau-Llosa, as well as Latin American art collector and patron Marcos Pinedo and his future wife Josefina Camacho.

Marta served as the firm's first Vice President while its attorney and registered agent was prominent art collector and future Coral Gables Mayor Raul Valdes-Fauli.

In 2017, longtime South Florida Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL-27) released a statement across her social media platforms stating that Permuy “bravely fought Castro and was a key figure in Miami Cuban Art” in reference to her work in the Castro resistance during the Cuban Revolution as well as her career in the arts in South Florida.

These exhibitions have featured works by several prominent Permuy Gallery-affiliated artists Marta remained close to, including Rafael Consuegra, Falero, Baruj Salinas, and Jose Mijares.

[42] In its Landmark Designation Report for the property, the Coral Gables Historic Resources & Cultural Arts Department stated "Marta played a pivotal role in supporting [...] launching and sustaining Cuban artists.

The home is a touchstone to aid us in remembering and honoring her efforts.”[8] The designation was subsequently covered by Coral Gables News where it was featured as the front-page story of that issue.

[3] On September 20, Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar (FL-27) delivered a Statement into the Congressional Record of the United States Congress titled "Honoring the Life of Marta Permuy," to recognize her activism and legacy.

[2] The art collection includes original works by Neith Nevelson, Pedro Hernandez, Mario Torroella, Margarita Cano, Edel Alvarez Galban, Adriano Nicot, Miguel Fleitas and others.

Her family was also known regionally for financing the construction of a church in the greater Colón area to replace a small chapel that had served as the community religious gathering place.

Marta's brother, Eduardo Enrique Cazañas Díaz, was the first in their family to arrive in the United States in 1959, settling in Rhode Island and Florida.

As a Cuban immigrant and son of Pedro Pablo Cazañas, his death was covered in English and Spanish media including the Diario Las Americas.

[1] Marta was sister-in-law to noted psychiatrist, author, and Agrupación Católica Universitaria leader René de la Huerta (1920-2003) by way of his marriage to her older sister Raquel.

One of their sons is Pedro Pablo Permuy, a former senior advisor to Madeleine Albright and later appointed by President Bill Clinton to serve as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense during his second term.