Marta Fuchs was born in Hungary and escaped with her family to the U.S. in the wake of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. She holds a BA in Linguistics and a Masters of Library Science, both from UC Berkeley, a Masters in Clinical Psychology from JFK University, and is a licensed Marriage & Family Therapist. Marta is the author of two books, Fragments of A Family: Remembering Hungary, the Holocaust, and Emigration to a New World; and Legacy of Rescue: A Daughter's Tribute.

For more than three decades, Marta has given hundred of dynamic and inspirational presentations and workshops, captivating audiences in churches, temples, professional and community groups, libraries, schools, city-wide programs, and conferences. She has also presented throughout the U.S. and in European Holocaust commemorations, sharing her family's stories and personal reflections as a second-generation Holocaust survivor. She has been featured on live television and radio programs.

In 2019, the Australian television crew from the series "The Incredible Journey" joined Marta in her hometown of Tokaj, Hungary to film "The Soldier's Uniform," the story of the Righteous Gentile who saved her father and his labor battalion.