Well, to start off my friends call me Ria and my family calls me Mari. I'm married and have 4 children. Let's get what I do for a living out of the way.. I'm a workshop specialist. I conduct a variety of seminars and workshops for businesses for their staff and independently for about 20 years. I also offer community relations services for businesses. I am also a model coach and acting coach/consultant. I do photography and make up artistry as well. I'm a business consultant and article writer and a fire arm and home protection certified instructor. I'm also a personal buyer, fashion show choreographer, casting director and web designer. I also sell a variety of products through the Internet and I own my own cosmetic label, skin care label, accessory and perfume line. That's it. Lol. God,Family,Business,Friends...in that order, is what is important to me. I enjoy reading self help books,biographies,motivational books,how to books and of course the greatest book ever written, the Bible. I enjoy drinking my coffee early in the morning while I read my devotional book in the patio. After that, then my day can begin. In 2007 I had one of my motivational poems published inside a poetry book that had other poet entries as well. I enjoy writing articles for websites and publications. I have been doing freelance writing since 2002 to present. I also have several blogs which I enjoy writing in. I love to dance, I enjoy community service work and I am very involved with the alzheimers association. Which means the world to me because my mom passed away from this disease. What do I like to do??? Let see:)... I enjoy drinking coffee,espresso, going to the movies, beach, picnics at the park,video games, gun shooting, make up artistry, board games, but not monopoly, its to long. I like dominos and uno. I enjoy trivia and scrabble too. I like watching wrestling, animal channels,discovery channels, history channel,documentaries,dance competitions,cartoons,game shows,fashion networks,cooking shows(love martha),comedy and comedy movies,action movies, musicals, black and white movies, old reruns of the planet of the apes, the odd couple and I love rocky movies and west side story:)I like reruns of fresh prince of belair,martin,and the jeffersons. I like watching football too:) Shall we talk about food??:) I Love to cook and bake. That's my therapy. I don't eat meat but I do cook it. I have a recipe group on fb. It's called "Mommy & Me Spanish Food Recipes".