Pepper Bonay-Martin is an ordained minister, NYS Chaplain, preacher and highly sought-after keynote speaker at a variety of events around the globe. She has now completed her first book entitled, "I'm Married but I Feel Like I'm Single," where she discusses five critical steps to successfully navigating through a painful divorce. She frequently travels the country speaking to men and women in leadership who may be suffering silently from the pain of bad relationships.

Her love of family and commitment to community was borne in the church where she was reared and continued during a 15-year career spent educating and helping children, as a certified teacher, school counselor and administrator in the New York City Public Schools system. She is extremely passionate about empowering women who have had to overcome extreme pain from their past. Her experiences and passion moved her to start Women Intended For Excellence (WIFE) Ministries, an organization designed to primarily, but not exclusively, assist women who function below their potential as a result of experiencing past traumatic events in their lives and help them fulfill their life’s purpose. As CEO of WIFE Ministries, she strives to design strategies to help women overcome obstacles that have prevented them from achieving their life’s goals.

Recently, she also has entered into a new area of ministry involving men in relationships with women who have sexual abuse or assault in their past. She provides these men with a safe place to discuss their feelings and offers them a step-by-step approach to help them define their roles in their loved one’s healing process.

She has a Bachelor of Science degree in business management from St. John's University. After graduating from St. John's, she worked as a NASD Financial Planner for seven years. She later transitioned into education and now possesses a Master's Degree in Special Education from Long Island University/CW Post and an Advanced Diploma in School Administration also from Long Island University/CW Post. She also has a third Master's Degree in school counseling from the College of New Rochelle.

She is a middle school principal in Long Island and a site supervisor for Grand Canyon University. She is also pursuing her doctorate degree in ministry.