Pauline Martin earned her Bachelor of Mathematics from the University of Waterloo and her Bachelor of Education from Western University in 1995, later earning her Honours Specialist in Mathematics. She has taught math for 20 years, and has been the math department head at Beaver Brae Secondary School in Kenora for 8 years. Pauline’s style of teaching makes her well respected and impactful, and her implementation of OAME within her department helped to dramatically increase student success rates and department functionality. She is also a Math SERT for the Board, and an EQAO project coordinator.

Pauline also helped create and run the girls’ hockey team at Beaver Brae, was one of the main founders of a Safe Grad Committee in Kenora, and is an NTIP mentor and Worship Team member. She has been the musical director at the local theatre working on numerous musicals, and will be performing this year in Figaro. She is also a member of Les Filles d’Esprit, a local singing group that performs in conjunction with fundraising for local non-profits. Pauline has also directed and performed in musicals with Kenora's TryLight Theatre Company.