On 1 May 2006, the West African Ifa Tradition is presented in the Exploring Faiths and Cultures series by Ms. Iyalorisa Marilyn Omifunke Torres.

Ms. Torres has been actively involved in philanthropy, public policy, organizational management, program design, multicultural education, and training for over 20 years. Her main focus has been in coaching, training, public speaking/storytelling, international touring, lecturing, and multicultural program design, institutional development, legislative research, conference design, coordination and facilitation. In the area of multicultural education focus has been given to: West African, Caribbean, European, Polynesian, South and North American indigenous traditions.

Ms. Torres is the president of the WestWinds 9 Consulting, which promotes cultural respect, human tolerance and social awareness among tribal nations both in the United States and abroad. Her projects have included travels through-out the United States, West Africa, Europe (Spain, France, Scotland, and England) Canada, Indonesia, Brazil, Peru and Mexico.
She also holds Chieftancies for the Village of Imota, Lagos, Nigeria (conferred August 3, 1984) as the Chief Olumeto Agbomola of Imota and Chief Iyasale Egungun of Imota.