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I'm Emilia. I was born and raised in New York City but my parents were both immigrants who came to America for a better life. They were Italian and Brazilian which is why you can hear the accent when they speak their native languages. I grew up with two siblings but it's been just me since college because my brother moved out of state. He was one year older than me so I kind of had him as a role model. My parents never married, not that they ever said this openly but you could tell by the way we all lived in the same apartment until he left for college when I was 19 years old. He went off to pursue his own path which was always his dream while my dad worked hard every day at a restaurant near our home as a chef, which is where I got my love of food from him. My mom on the other hand would always tell me stories about her hometown in Italy and how she used to make pasta all day long for her family when she grew up there. She was very traditional but she also had this fiery personality that made everyone around her come alive whenever we were out at social events or parties. Her name is Anna Maria which means "beautiful" in Italian so I guess it's fitting that my mom is a beautiful woman inside and out!
Anyway, after high school I went on to attend Columbia University where I studied finance because I was interested in business from an early age. It was tough but I managed to graduate with honors