Iām a visual artist with a passion for food, cooking, and storytelling. I grew up in a Mexican enclave on the east side of Aurora, IL, where both my parents settled after immigrating from northwestern Mexico. I went to art school then got a Fulbright research grant to study the relationship between storytelling and the ancient art of back-strap weaving in Peru and Bolivia that changed my entire perspective on contemporary art.
In 2015, I moved to the East End of Long Island to continue working in the art world, but my obsession with food and food media took hold. I left my art job to work with cookbook author and TV host Ina Garten in order to focus on my main creative outlet, cooking delicious food for my friends and family.
Today, Iām a recipe tester (for the NYTimes Cooking app) and developer, and write about food and motherhood on my Substack. I live in East Hampton, NY with my husband Bill Delano, daughter Francesca, and Freyja & Conchita the terriers.
