Northern California eXposure

Fil-Am, Gastronome, Food Photographer, Human Resources Professional, Proudly Repping Northern California, social media explorer Growing up, my mom never said "Hello" or "Hi". Her first words were always, "Did you eat?" Food meant family, comfort, love and culture. I didn't truly appreciate this until my family immigrated to the Bay Area when I was 10. Here, I had to define who I was and that took a long time to determine. In the meantime, I went to college, moved to SoCal, started my career in human resources, got married, divorced and came back to my beloved NorCal. Before I became a cubicle dweller, I was in the hospitality industry for 10 years. But high tech money was too alluring and I advanced my HR career in Silicon Valley startups. However, I missed the simpler life and combined my start up experience with my hospitality and HR background to work for an event planning company. That was where I first discovered the power of social media to promote your brand and ideas. It started innocently enough with