Laura as One of the one Hundred To Latinas of the Year
Impremedia celebrates a group of extraordinary Latinas who have committed themselves to the service of others. While they appear as diverse as our Latino family, they have one thing in common – their unselfish determination to make a difference in the lives of others. These women have distinguished themselves by their contributions to the areas of Health, Education, Business and Technology, the Arts and Community Leadership.
The principle that a single person can make a difference is at the heart of the Mujeres Destacadas Awards.
The principle that a single person can make a difference is at the heart of the Mujeres Destacadas Awards.
In September 2011, Laura Müller
taped a video for her friends at the
Mexican consulate, explaining how
she prepared fried eggs in water.
“During my last trip we had cooked
them, but they forgot. I didn’t want to
be reminding them how to make them
every five minutes, so I decided to re-
cord it so they could watch it whenever
they wanted,” said Müller, a journalist
who was born in Chihuahua, Mexico.
In college, she had learned to edit
videos. She quickly got a tripod and
even put a camera on her bra in order
to teach people how to prepare healthy
recipes. Because of the success of the
videos, she created the website Las
recetas de Laura (www.lasrecetasde-
laura.com).
She had more than enough recipes.
“My life has been a struggle against
being overweight,” said Müller, who
at one point weighed 245 pounds and
has always been on a diet.
“Helping other people like me” was in her future. Aware that people can’t
“always eat grilled chicken” to lose
weight because they get bored, she
decided to share her healthy food tips.
“There are other non-fat recipes.
We must also educate mothers and
children,” she said.
Müller, who has Mexican roots, points
out the dangerous relationship Hispanics have with food in the U.S., because
in their homeland, they are “taught not
to leave anything on the plate since
childhood.”
Fulfilled in her job, she talks about the
gratitude that she and her husband—
with whom she works from home—
get from people who have joined the
challenge of eating healthily.
“One mom, who started because her son was diagnosed with high
cholesterol and was about to get
diabetes, has lost 30 pounds; three
women wrote to tell us they had gotten
pregnant” without needing to resort to
artificial insemination.
Müller’s goal is to continue changing
the poor eating habits of Latinos and
Americans. Next, they’re launching
two channels, one with recipes in
English and a prenatal one. “We want
to get pregnant,” said this citizen of
the world, who has lived in Brazil and
New Zealand, where she received a
postgraduate degree in journalism
after winning a scholarship from the Rotary Foudation.
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