Araceli was born in Lima, Peru where she began her career as an Early Childhood Teacher and then a speech language pathologist since 1983. While living in Peru she served on the Board of Education and worked for the publisher “Santillana” writing pre-school language curriculum. She immigrated to the United States in 2005 and worked for a Bilingual Agency in New York. In 2012, she was tired of the cold weather and made her move to Houston, Texas where the weather is warm, and the people are gentle and kind.

Araceli can be described as happy, intuitive, responsible, honest and a good friend. Her travel bucket list includes Italy, Greece, Hawaii, Egypt and Jordan. Her favorite sport of the moment is swimming but is happy if she is active.