Martha Marsey, OTR/L
Early in her career, Martha Marsey worked as a teacher. As a certified  teacher in the state of Delaware, she taught both regular and special education classes at the middle school and secondary levels for 6 years. She taught general math and science in the New Castle County Vo-Tech School District. For one year during this time, she served as head of the special education department at Delcastle Technical High School in Wilmington, DE. Marsey was also certified to teach adult basic education classes, which she did for 3 years.

Returning to school, Marsey attended the University of Pennsylvania, where she studied Occupational Therapy. As a licensed occupational therapist, Marsey has taught home and clinic patients about ergonomics, exercise, joint protection, adapted activities of daily living, and disease processes. She has also presented in-services to various groups, such as the Lupus Association of Delaware.

She currently works as an Occupational Therapy consultant to a residential facility and to a middle school in Delaware. She adapts both curriculum and activities that meet the needs of the challenged students and adults with whom she works. 

She has studied painting with Dennis Minch of Kennett Square, E. Jean Lanyon of Delaware, and Marilyn Bauman of Delaware. A former weaver, Marsey is an avid needleworker. She also plays the hammered dulcimer, studying with the renowned musician Ken Kolodner of Baltimore.
Marsey recently completed the first, second, and third year courses sponsored by the Violette de Mazia Foundation and held in the galleries of The Barnes Foundation and on the campus of Villanova University. She is currently co-teaching a course in the objective method (of analyzing art) to sixth grade students.