Brittany Martin has both B.S. and M.S. degrees in Geology, with an emphasis in mineralogy. Her undergraduate degree is from University of Idaho, and her M.S. is from San Jose State University. Her undergraduate studies involved minerals and human health, as especially related to asbestos. Her graduate study involved an investigation of the relationship between serpentine clay alteration and aseismic fault movement. She has been involved in Christian education for 25 years, and is one of the founders of St. Abraham's Classical Christian Academy in Santa Cruz County, California. She has also lived in Santa Cruz County, California for over 20 years, where she is a pastor's wife and mother of four.