Delia De Mello has been with the Social Security Administration for over 30 years. She has been an agency Claims Representative and Technical Expert. She currently handles Public Affairs outreach in Southeastern MA, South Shore and the Cape & Islands, with a focus on Retirement, Disability, Survivors & Medicare benefits, and Social Security On-line Services. She has been a presenter speaker at many large conferences, including the annual Massachusetts Councils on Aging Conferences, among others.  She is fluent in Portuguese and Spanish. She is a regular contributor on Social Security topics to the South Shore Senior Newspaper, Patch and the Senior Scope. Her weekly column appears nationally in the Portuguese Times.  She has also been a guest of Gregory Brasso and Patti Abbate on WATD radio of Marshfield. She has been a guest on WJFD radio in New Bedford, as well as on many local cable tv stations, including PACTV. She was a member of the Agency’s Office of Communications Multi-language Review Team, which provides online and printed versions of publications in various languages. She is a frequent guest on local radio and television. She is a contributor on 17 local Patch pages, as well A Praca magazine, among others. She has served on the Coastline, Money Management Program Board since 1997, currently as Chairperson.  She has previously served as the Vice Chairperson on the Advisory Board, of Coastline Elderly Services, Inc. of New Bedford, and is presently serving on the Board of Directors.

Delia holds a B.A. from University of Massachusetts – Dartmouth.

Delia is married and has two children. She resides in Dartmouth.