Commissioned a deaconess in October 1999, she served in the area of health education and wellness. Martin has led many retreats and workshops on haiku and is an active member of the Haiku Society of America and co-founder of the Alewife Brook Haiku Group in Cambridge, Mass. She teaches haiku at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education and in many community and institutional settings. She also works with formerly homeless older men and is a faculty field advisor at Smith College School of Social Work.