Susan Martin has lived on the West Coast from Santa Cruz to Seattle. She completed a bachelor's degree and post baccalaureate work at Seattle Pacific University. Her degree is in Special Education specializing in Adaptive and Corrective Physical Education for students with severe and profound learning disabilities. During Susan's college years she spent her summers serving at Mount Hermon Christian Conference Center in Santa Cruz, CA where she met her future husband. Susan and her husband Lee have been married 40 years and have three grown adult children. They are all located in the Seattle area and enjoy close relationships. 

Throughout her professional life Susan’s most steadfast roles have been educator, motivator, and community developer. These roles have been lived out in a variety of settings, from churches, homeschooling communities, Christian camping, adventure travel, educational excursions, therapeutic horseback riding, and serving foster children as guardian ad litem in the court system. Susan is always ready for a new adventure and is a committed lifelong learner.


Susan on growth:

My perspective on growth? Stay curious. Always wonder what's next. Be on the lookout for opportunity to become more of what God has in store for life. I value effective tools that help me understand my strengths and weaknesses. My goal every year is to have an experience or develop a skill that helps me have a fuller perspective on life and how others perceive it. 

My "Can Do!" attitude has led me to attend and organize events for others to gain better self-awareness and to create community. "If it can be done, then let's do it!" has been a strong mantra in my life. As a life-long camper, I love a good campfire that brings warmth and light and wonder. I see living and learning as a process of bringing warmth and light and wonder to those God brings along my path – to learn together and to encourage one another. Socrates once wrote: “Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.” With God’s help, I work to keep the flame of learning burning bright.