Lupe "Lu" Martinez:  

Life I haven't gone by the name Lupe since right after high school. I go by just plain "Lu" I am married to a wonderful man named Phil. Phil plays "slap bass," acoustic guitar and keyboard and was in a Chicago band called "Curmudgeon." Check out their CD on my space at url myspace/curmudgeon2K they play great music. I have the "BEST" inlaws in the world!!! They're my second mom and dad. We have a son named Brian Adam who is now 12 and doing very well in school. Brian loves to play soccer and is on aan after school soccer league. I'm a lot more outgoing now than I was back in school. Most of you would remember me as being somewhat quiet and reserved and never got in trouble in school. I was a very private person and still am now which surprises me that I'm typing this much in this bio. As a matter of fact my dad passed away my sophomore year of high school and none of my friends ever knew. Most of you who knew me very well would have never guessed that I had a pretty hard childhood. I also went through a LOT of racism all through elementary, junior high and high school but I've learned to finally get over that and be proud of being Hispanic and extremely proud of my bi-lingual skills. I did however hang around a couple trouble makers in school which didn't make things any better. We moved to Oklahoma to be closer to a very close sister of mine who is also my best friend and have never been happier. We came to Oklahoma in May 2004 as we thought it would be best for us to move out of Illinois and was time for us to pick up and start a new life in good ole' Tulsa Oklahoma. In 2001 I succeeded in losing 200 lbs. We've been extremely happy here in and moving here was the best thing we could have ever done. I lost my mother 2 years ago to Alheimers and heart disease which was another reason we moved to Oklahoma as I had a really hard time dealing with her death and just wanted to sta...Expand for more