As a young child by her mother’s side, Aracely was taught to cook. Stirring, tasting, salting and grinding spices in her molcajete. By the age of 15, she was working in restaurants in the Bay Area. This was followed by two years in a culinary arts program, cooking endlessly for her family along the way.

The daughter (and granddaughter) of a tailor, Aracely also brings some incredible outfits to the land, as well as a flair for culinary and floral presentation.