- I grew up in Manhattan and then went to Colgate University in Hamilton, New York.

- I studied abroad in Buenos Aires, Argentina (the best city in the world) and am fluent in Spanish.

- I love to eat. At restaurants, my own home-cooked meals, on the street in Mexico City, you name it.

- I feel passionately about a good Farmer's Market haul.

- Hosting dinner parties is my favorite hobby.

- I live in Brooklyn with my husband and the love of my life, our dog Pearl.