I went to the Colorado School of Mines (CSM) with Martha. In 2005, I interviewed Martha and others for a case study I was writing on the sanitation engineering project in Kathmandu, Nepal that she and Dr. Ron Cohen from CSM were involved in. 

Here is a quote from Martha regarding how her interest in international engineering projects developed:
"The first time I traveled, I went with a friend of mine who had gone to Thailand through an exchange program in high school, and she was going back to visit and I just went with her.  And then I got hooked on traveling. … I’ve done a lot of traveling...in places like India and Nepal and Tibet, and I’ve seen the value of clean water.  And I feel it’s something that we take for granted here.  And I feel that I could hopefully do some good by helping people have access to clean water."

Here is a quote from Dr. Cohen when asked about Martha's motivation to be involved in the project:
"Really dedicated. Quite frankly, she wants to do good.  There’s a necessity; she sees the problem there. ... She’s just an outstanding, terrific human being.  And that’s another benefit from this: you work on stuff like this and you get to meet some really fine people.  You know, just when I’m drifting off and starting to question the intentions and the goodness of people in general, and then you get in contact with these people who say, ‘You know, I want to see something happen.  I want to see things get better.’  It’s heartening. … You have people who are there for altruistic reasons, you know, people like Martha."

Dr. Cohen said it best: Martha is just an outstanding, terrific human being! Martha will be greatly missed by many.