She started working in media as road manager for the Filipino hip hop group Masta Plann and a sproduction assistant at TV5.
She was a longtime faculty adviser of the Tomasian Cable Television and the UST Tiger Radio which operate under the UST Educational Technology Center.
The latter was reorganized in 2018 to become the UST Communications Bureau.
Martel is the Founding Director of the UST Educational Broadcasting Unit.
She is a tenured professor in the University of Santo Tomas, teaching at the UST Faculty of Arts and Letters and at the UST College of Fine Arts and Design with the rank of Assistant Professor.
She is known for teaching courses on television production and theatre arts, and directing shows and events within the said university.