Bronx-born, writer and mentor, Delilah Martinez is the program director of a non-profit mentoring group called W.I.S.E. Youth (Ways to Inspire Self-Empowerment in Youth) which encourages self-awareness through the arts. She graduated with honors from The College of New Rochelle in May of 2005 obtaining a BA degree in Communications. She is currently pursuing a Masters Degree in Bilingual School Guidance Counseling at New York University. 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. She was nominated for 2005's 2nd annual Liz Claiborne Inc. /Safe Horizon Champion Award as well as being chosen to represent The College of New Rochelle School of New Resources/JOC Campus at the "Somos el Futuro" Hispanic Conference in Albany, New York, April 2005. Delilah Martinez is the single mother of an 8-year-old boy with autism named Elijah, who inspires her greatly. She is an aspiring author, working on completing and publishing her first inspirational novel for teenagers called Spic and Span. Read her profile on The College of New Rochelle website at cnr.edu. For more information on Delilah Martinez, W.I.S.E. Youth and how to contact them log on to http://wiseyouthbx.tripod.com.