Chef Marcela brings the community together by sharing her recipes, food, music, singing, and family!

Nov 18

Written By Dr. Brenda Rivera - Billings Dr.P.H., MPH, M.Sc.

If you're looking to try a new recipe and lift your spirits, cook with Chef Marcela! Chef Marcela is hosting her second @zoom cooking class, where she shares recipes, music, and family traditions. Follow her on Facebook and Instagram for more details. Just announced January 05,2021, is the next Zoom Cooking Class!!! Don't miss it. Here's what she had to say about her first online fiesta!

Familia... FIVE HUNDRED OF YOU WILL BE COOKING WITH @carinaluzvalladolid717 AND ME for our first @zoom cooking class. Getting EVERYTHING ready. Food, music, Familia, and who knows what else...

Last night was about so much more than food. According to Gabor Mate, "safety doesn't come from a lack of threat. It comes from a connection with other people."

Current world events can appear to push us towards disconnection. Last night we proved them wrong. Maybe it was just a couple of Mexican recipes, but a COMMUNITY of women, men, kids, and full-on families came together for some much-needed CONNECTION. Safely. My mind is blown by how many of you not only cooked all three recipes but did so to perfection, how you all followed the instructions to a T.

DECEMBER IS COMING AND IF YOU THOUGHT THIS WAS FUN, wait for our cooking, dancing, LIVING POSADA!

Follow Chef Marcela:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChefMarcelaValladolid

Instagram: @ChefMarcela

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Dr. Brenda Rivera - Billings Dr.P.H., MPH, M.Sc.

Brenda Billings, principal consultant and CEO of UrbanSculpt, is a Health Educator focusing on issues related to nutrition counseling, body aesthetics, positive sexuality, and women’s self-empowerment issues. The organization's aim is to provide life-in-balance training, products, and services with a focus on solution based results to the many challenges facing the modern urban woman. Prior to UrbanSculpt, Brenda was a Founder, Chief Marketing Officer and content editor for DZineMedia, LLC., an entertainment and original content management company located in Silicon Valley. As principal she also oversaw day to day management, marketing, and content procurement efforts for Erotique!, a literary webzine and pioneering female-centric, online community focusing on cutting edge photography, the arts, poetry, original fiction and pop culture. In addition to her professional experience, Brenda was a founding board member of HCAA, a non-profit organization founded in cooperation with the City of San Jose. Its aims included: improving legal rights education, reducing inner-city blight, increasing volunteerism, and the encouragement of urban renewal. Brenda's educational background includes having graduated cum laude with a Master of Science in Health Science from TUI. She graduated summa cum laude from Touro College with a Bachelor’s of Science in Health Science Education specializing in Environmental Heath. She also holds a degree in Humanities / Art History from City College of San Francisco as well as honors certificates in both Nutrition Counseling and Multimedia & Digital Arts form San Jose City College

Chef Marcela brings the community together by sharing her recipes, food, music, singing, and family!

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