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His 'message' is one of hope, encouragement: (SAN ANTONIO NEWS-EXPRESS)

May 28, 2009

He would undergo 32 surgeries in two years before doctors would declare him fixed. "Relatively, I was a mess," says Martinez, 25. "But now I'm a message. Hey, I'm a walking billboard." He also has a forum that the 31,000 other wounded Iraq War troops don't have. Martinez plays himself - a scarred Iraq veteran - in the popular soap opera "All My Children," and he travels across the country as a motivational speaker, with a twist. [click here to view] (http://www.mysanantonio.com/sacultura/46241777.html)

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