Bricia Lopez is an entrepreneur, acclaimed author, and chef. She is a partner at Guelaguetza Restaurant, LA’s temple for Oaxacan cuisine and recipient of The James Beard American Classics award. In addition to the restaurant, she and her siblings launched two direct-to-consumer brands - their proprietary bottled cocktail mix, I Love Micheladas™ and Guelaguetza™ mole starters. Bricia also co-hosts Super Mamas Podcast, a top rated parenting podcast and runs moleandmore.com where she shares her love for home cooked recipes.  Her cookbook, OAXACA Home Cooking From the Heart of Mexico launched Fall 2019 and became an instant Amazon best seller and a 2020 James Beard nominee. Her second cookbook, Asada was published on April 2023. She lives in LA with her husband, son and daughter.