Martin is the Academic Director at New Summit Academy. After earning a Bachelor of Arts in Literature and Creative Writing from Wittenberg University, he began teaching English as a second language as a means of traveling to and living in places such as Thailand, Nepal, South Korea, Mexico, Ecuador, Indonesia and Costa Rica.

Most recently before joining New Summit Academy, Martin was an Americorps volunteer in the Pacific Northwest, where he created a program that provided after-school tutoring in Math and Sciences for at-risk youth, as well as engaged them in healthy experiential education activities.

While with New Summit Academy, Martin has earned his M.Ed. in Global Studies in Education from the University of Illinois, and is currently completing a graduate certificate in College Counseling from UCLA.

Travel and culture continue to be passions in Martin’s life, and he applies this to his teaching and participation in Aventuras, Global Citizenship and Personal Growth aspects of his job.