Hi!!!! Here is a glimpse of my career and what I've been up to lately. 

 

Culinary innovator, trendsetter, and leader in the Food Service,  Culinary and Hospitality Industry

 

Fast Casual Magazine Movers & Shakers in 2018.

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Chef & on-air talent for multiple television shows.

• Telemundo International

• Univision Puerto Rico

• Fox-Utilisima (Argentina)

• WIPR (a PBS Station affiliate

• Travel Channel - Bizarre Foods -  Puerto Rico epidote

 

My career has been showcased countless times on TV, in print, and online publications. Some of these include the Travel Channel, Cooking Network, Food & Beverage Magazine, Flavors and the Menu Magazine, 1851Franchaise.com, Fast Casual Magazine, Atlanta Business Journal, Latina Lista, Atlanta Business Chronicle, Atlanta Magazine, Caras Magazine, El Nuevo Dia, Primera Hora and The San Juan Star Newspapers, Imagen Magazine, Vea Magazine, and Buena Vida Magazine. 

 

Former owner of CMI Culinary Group, LLC, a culinary & and food service consulting firm.

Services included

• Culinary Instructor

• Recipe and Product Development

• Public Speaking / Brand Ambassador

• Food and Prop Stylist

• Food Photographer

• Lifestyle and Culinary Reporter

 

 

​Partner and Executive Chef at Guava Restaurant in paradisiac Culebra, Puerto Rico.  

I owned Let's Cook PR, a cooking school where I taught the wonders of the culinary world to adults and children from beginners to culinary professionals.

 

I am also a best-seller cookbook author, "Gourmet Para Todos Los Días" (Gourmet for Every Day), published in 2007. The book became the #1 cookbook in Puerto Rico (and #2 among all titles) for more than ten straight weeks, a moment in time I will never forget. In addition, in 2020, I wrote "How Angels Become Babies," a children's book about adoption, a topic that is dear to my heart.

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I  was lucky to have been born into a culturally diverse family. The family came Cuba, lived in Venezuela for many years and my great grand father was from Spain. Puerto Rico, is where I was born and spent my childhood.  I am bilingual (English/Spanish) with some knowledge/learning of French, Portuguese, Italian, and Catalan. In my free time, I enjoy traveling, cooking, wines, painting, photography, and now venturing into leathercrafting . In addition, I am an avid collector of restaurant menus owing over 700 from around the world and dating as far back as the 1800s. 

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EDUCATION

AS - Food and Beverage Management

Johnson and Wales University - RI, USA

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BA - Business Administration

Trinity University - DC, USA 

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MBA - Marketing

University of Phoenix - PR, USA

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CONTINUING EDUCATION

• Good Mood Food - Prague, Czech Republic

• Villa Maria Greek Cooking School - Syros, Greece 

• House of Fusion - Marrakesh, Morocco

• Tuscookany - Arezzo, Italy 

• The Culinary Institute of America - NY, USA

• Le Cordon Bleu - Paris, France

• l’Atelier des Sens - Paris, France

• Sky Kitchen - Cartagena, Colombia

• Cook and Taste - Barcelona, Spain

• La Conspiración de 1809 Cooking School - Morelia, Mexico

• Colette Peters Pastry Academy - NY, USA

• Academia León de Las Artes Culinarias - Caracas, Venezuela 

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ACCOLADES

• Named one of Fast Casual Magazine's "2018 Movers and Shakers"

• Professional Category - First Place Winner, O-town MacDown Competition 

• Hostess of Bizarre Foods (Travel Channel) - Puerto Rico Episode

• Best-seller cookbook author "Gourmet Para Todos Los Días" 

• Swany Award for employee excellence - FOCUS Brands

• TV Chef / Talent (Former) - Telemundo, Univisión, Fox Utilisima & WIPR - PBS

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