Marta Szabados is a  Full Professor at the  International Business School (IBS) in Budapest, Hungary. She graduated from ELTE University in Budapest with degrees  in English and Hungarian, and later earned an MA in Applied Linguistics from San Francisco State University. In addition, she earned a Doctorate of Philology degree in English Linguistics and a PhD in Applied Linguistics.  She also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing Communication from IAA (New York).

As a Fulbright Scholar, she spent a year in Bloomington, Indiana attending Indiana University, and a year at San Francisco State University lecturing, teaching courses and doing research.  She was also the writer and director of a popular musical English teaching series that featured on Hungarian National Television for 8 years.  She is the owner of the Hangolka company.