Business Office Assistant
Erika was born and raised in Queens, NYC and moved to New Mexico in 2018. She met her husband in NYC at The Pierre Hotel where they both worked. Together they have an amazing daughter who attends EVCA and is the sweetest, silliest, most incredible person they know. She loves Harry Potter and Disney, animals, going on adventures, exploring the world when able, good food, and working out. She comes from a hospitality background and has worked with kids of all ages as a camp staff member and here in New Mexico as a Pre-k3 assistant teacher and after-school teacher. During HS years – she was in JROTC where she competed on the Drill Team’s unarmed color guard and unarmed squad/platoon in nationals. Erika was also lucky enough to be selected to represent Queens to go on an educational awareness trip to Antarctica where she was able to swim in the freezing water, dip in hot springs, and have close encounters with curious penguins and whales. She attended St. John’s University where she studied Hospitality Management and Business. Erika was also part of a local sorority Lambda Phi where she held positions of Recruitment Chair, Athletic Chair/Community Service, and Vice President. Once she graduated is when she started working at The Pierre Hotel on 5th Avenue for about 8 years in the food and beverage departments, between the restaurant, room service, and the bar & lounge where they served afternoon tea during the day and had glamourous parties and Broadway events in the evenings.
