Lisa Martin brings a wealth of training and experience to St. Pius X. She trained with the Gainesville Ballet and danced professionally with the Ruth Mitchell Dance Theater. She spent her summers studying with the Joffrey Ballet, the Charleston Ballet Theater, and the Lexington Ballet. While dancing with the Ruth Mitchell Dance Theater, Ms. Martin expanded her performance range by working with Salvatore Aiello, Tom Pazik, Sara Yarborough, Winthrop Corey, and Andrew Kuharsky. Ms. Martin graduated from Georgia State University and began her teaching career with the Duluth School of Ballet and the Ruth Mitchell Dance Theater. She has enhanced her knowledge as a dance educator by completing the state certification program through the University of Georgia as well as certificate programs with David Howard in New York City, Antioch University in Keene, New Hampshire and the Summer Dance Institute led by Anne Green Gilbert in Seattle, WA .  She received the St. Pius X Excellence in Teaching award in 2003 and 2008.

Ms. Martin began teaching at St. Pius X in the fall of 1998 and has served as Fine Arts Department Chair since 1999.