About the Author

Susan Lee Mintz is a baby-boomer, motivational author, lecturer and fitness guru from Troy, New York. She currently resides in Boca Raton, Florida where she's known for encouraging and supporting people by promoting wellness through diet, exercise, and "healthy choices." Susan is a member of Jesus People Proclaim International Church in Deerfield Beach. Susan is the executive director of their Wellness Center and the "I Love My Life Ministry". Susan has appeared on the 700 Club with Pat Robertson in a segment entitled "Till Death Do Us Part" and she has also been featured on TBN's Praise The Lord program. Susan was a contributing writer for Prophetess Cynthia Thompson's Women You Will Magazine which is geared to empowering, motivating, and educating women about issues important to women about women. Susan wrote a monthly cooking column entitled "Cooking With Yeshua" for the JPPIC newsletter. Susan's legacy includes having written a weekly motivational column for the Boca Raton Newspaper and had been a guest speaker at the 2008 National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Dinner (NBHAAD) held in West Palm Beach. Susan's abstinence only program was presented before the Women of Tomorrow Organization at Booker T. Washington Senior High School in Miami and Florida. Susan was a volunteer with the Comprehensive AIDS Program of Palm Beach County, Real AIDS Prevention Program (RAPP), Area 9 Minority AIDS Network, Palm Beach County Substance Abuse Coalition (PBCSAC), The American Foundation For Suicide Prevention, The American Red Cross and Hospice By The Sea in Boca Raton. Susan's lecture series entitled "YOU DON'T GET AIDS FROM LOVING SOMEBODY" has been presented throughout South Florida as she speaks openly about abstinence and testing in order to stop the spread of this deadly disease. Susan gives her testimony before youth and single ministries, in high schools, churches, synagogues, organizations, and other venues in regard to HIV/AIDS testing, education, and awareness. Susan is still an HIV/AIDS advocate for testing and believes that mandatory legislation for testing of all STD's should be put in place.