Pepper Bonay-Martin

Board Member

Brief info

Pepper Bonay-Martin is an educator with the Westbury School District, an ordained minister, a pastor, an author, and a keynote speaker. She lives in Nassau County with her husband Sydney. She founded Women Intended For Excellence (WIFE) Inc., an organization that helps women overcome past trauma and fulfill their life’s purpose. She also educates men on how to support these women without causing further harm.

Pepper has a Bachelor of Science Degree in business management, three Masters’ Degrees in education, school counseling and school administration and a Doctorate in Ministry. She is pursuing a second doctorate in educational leadership. She is the Senior Pastor of the Destiny House Christian Center, where she inspires and empowers people to achieve their divine destiny. She loves her family and has a dynamic personality and a wonderful sense of humor and is excited to be a part of the Book Fairies board and lend her talents to move the mission forward.

Testimonials

A parent of one of my students says that "Every day, S opens up his dictionary & reads it in the morning, & when he gets home from school. He touches that book at least 10x a day!" S's vocabulary score increased on the DOE's iReady test.

Ms. Vasquez PS 182

My students were so excited to see all the books in our classroom. They love going to the reading corner to look through the books and pick a different one to read. Prior to receiving the books from Book fairies, our classroom only had a few books!

Ms. M at PS 104 Queens, NY

My students were so excited to go book shopping for the first time. We have been working on our reading stamina by reading 2 more minutes independently each day. They made it to 20 minutes this week and were so engaged with the new books in our library.

Ms. L at Countrywood Primary Center, Huntington Station, NY