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Andrew I. Heidelberg

author of The Norfolk 17

 

Andrew I. Heidelberg is a native of Norfolk, Virginia, who graduated from Norfolk State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Interdisciplinary Studies. His professional career includes 17 years in commercial and retail banking, serving as Vice President and Corporate Manager for several major banks in America and England. Most recently, he served as Assistant Treasurer and Chief Deputy Treasurer for the City of Hampton.

 

For more than a decade, he has spent considerable time and energy volunteering on community-related projects and other outreach initiatives. He is currently active with faith-based organization throughout Virginia. In 2005, he was selected by Governor Mark Warner to serve a two-year term as a member of the Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Awards Committee. Also, he is a Deacon at Temple Beth El in Suffolk, Virginia. He is frequently featured on television and radio talk shows and various forums promoting black awareness and experiences in education and sports desegregation in Virginia and the South. He and his loving wife, Luressa, reside in Hampton, Virginia.

Luressa Heidelberg

author of Breaking Silence

 

Luressa Heidelberg, born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has been writing for over half of her life and has authored hundreds of works drawn from two primary inspirational sources.  The first she considers the ultimate which evolves from her relationship with the Creator and her dynamic God-consciousness: this relationship gives credence to and is in the midst of everything in her life.  The other is a blend of life experiences, heritage and history and personal aspirations all of which leaves and have left an indelible mark on her heart and within her soul.  It is this rich source of realism that is intricately and ubiquitously woven into the fabric of these expressions of soul.

 

Luressa is a graduate of Eastern University with a B.A. in Organizational Management and an M.B.A. with a concentration in Health Administration.  Her professional career includes Nursing and more than two decades of specialized experience in the Quality, Compliance, Human Service, and Health Care Industries.  She is the mother of three sons and resides in Hampton, Virginia with her husband Andrew.