Marta was born and grew up in Upstate New York and moved to Illinois aftershe was married. Her mother taught her to use her sewing machine when she was about 7 years old, and she have never stopped sewing since. Marta started with doll clothes; moved on to making her own modern clothing, and and dressed her  sons when they were small. When she and her husband started Civil War reenacting in 1998, she  transitioned into period sewing techniques.

Marta is the sole proprietor of Mrs. Vincent's Parasol Emporium, and as a part of that, she collects, studies, repairs and recovers period parasols.  She has had articles on parasols published in the Civil War Historian Magazine, and the Citizen's Companion. In her spare time, she is a seamstress as part of Originals by Kay where she specializes in children's clothing. Marta is a partner in P. Palmer Dry Goods, a traveling Civil War Mercantile, and she hosts workshops in her home. She is also a member of the McHenry County Civil War Roundtable, and Treasurer of the Midwest Civil War Civilian Education, Inc.