Bronx-born Puerto Rican bilingual guidance counselor, writer and mentor, Delilah Martinez is the founder/ program director of a non-profit organization called W.I.S.E. Youth (Ways to Inspire Self-Empowerment in Youth) which encourages self-awareness through the arts. Delilah's personal challenges as well as her community efforts were recognized and documented for Columbia University’s New Yorker of the Week in February 2005 and the Lenny Matthews show in 2007. She was nominated for 2005's 2nd annual Liz Claiborne Inc. /Safe Horizon Champion Award and was awarded the NYU Presidential Service Award for Volunteerism in April 2006. Her presentation of Boogiericanism the book debuted on April 20, 2006 at N.Y.U. She is presently working on completing her first urban inspirational fiction novel called Spic and Span. She has a Masters Degree in Bilingual School Guidance Counseling from New York University and is currrently a school counselor at an elementary school in the Bronx. She aspires to a career in Christian counseling/life coaching and the media. Delilah Martinez is the single mother of an awesome 11 year-old boy named Elijah. For more information and a showcase on Delilah Martinez and her endeavors log on to boogiericanism.tripod.com