Morena Escardó

Morena Escardó is a health and wellness coach and advocate. She teaches people around the world how to effortlessly incorporate healthy foods and habits into their daily lives, and how to slow down, stress less, and enjoy the fabulous NOW. A lifelong vegetarian, Morena gives a plant-based and all-around healthy twist to many traditional recipes, emphasizing seasonal produce and sugar-free sweet alternatives for recovering sugar addicts like herself. Morena is the author of Detox Juicing: 3-Day, 7-Day, and 14-Day Cleanses for Your Health and Wellbeing, and Delightful Quinoa Recipes. For English, follow her blog morenaescardo.com, and for Spanish go to holistichica.com, where she writes about nutrition, meditation, yoga, gratitude, self-love, and everything in between.

What was your favorite toy as a child?

I was a very creative and musical kid, and my brown 1980's Fisher Price tape recorder went a long way with me. I composed songs with my best friends and cousin, and then we recorded them. The theme of our songs were completely random. I remember "Los Chocolates Bañados en Oro" (The Gold-Covered Chocolates), "Los Pájaros Castaños" (The Auburn Birds), and "La Fiesta en la Choza" (The Shack Party). My brother usually played a little toy piano flute in the background while we sang. Once we even sold one of those tapes to a girl in our class!