Maria DeRosa

A cooking connoisseur, Maria DeRosa is the Founder of Ladies of the Kitchen, LLC. Maria started her career as high school Spanish teacher, and as a food lover transitioned into a restauranteur with her own cafe and catering company for over 28 years. During this time she also served on a Restaurant Advisory committee supporting teachers and trainers in the culinary field. After a successful career in both industries, she offers her talents to provide a safe community where women use the art of cooking to heal soul wounds. This is done by using all 5 senses with simple, hands on recipes. Maria is a speaker in the addiction recovery field and has been certified as a Law of Attraction Life Coach as well as a Certified Nutrition and Health Coach. In 2004 she was awarded Irwindale Business Woman of the Year for her educational work in developing the Irwindale Library Foundation. Her mission today is: create healing mealtime moments around the table so that women can learn to replace deep, sometimes painful, vulnerabilities with spiritual joy.