IN SHORT

Chef Martha Ortiz Chapa has turned her love for the culinary world into a true art form, celebrating Mexico’s heritage, color, ingredients, and flavors. She’s opened restaurants, published, and has even judged cooking competitions on television. It hasn’t always been easy though. She has overcome a lot of adversity and challenge with her warrior-like tenacity. She sees culinary arts as a way to celebrate what it means to be human, and to be Mexican. “For me cooking is an art form filled with love and affection. I see it, and I live my life that way.”