Food has always been the central theme in Alba Navarro’s life, and she fondly remembers the smell of the meatballs when helping to make albondigas soup in her family’s kitchen at a young age. Soup is now on the menu for her small business, Sopas Perico, which she founded in early 2023. Born in Mexico City, she often came to Coronado on vacation, until one day 10 years ago, she and her husband decided to move here, where his parents lived.

Growing up, her parents owned a food company and taco shops, so she always found herself busy with jobs. Her background is in interior design, communication, and television and magazine advertising sales.

She remembers how her friends always wanted to come to her home growing up, where there was an abundance of flavorful food made by her mom and grandmo

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