Hola and welcome to CoCoqui! My name is Lyzbeth and one of my favorite hobbies is creating unique items to use or wear in the heart of Columbia, Missouri. My projects are inspired by my abuelita and my home of Puerto Rico, yeah Puerto Rico "an island surrounded by water, big water, ocean water..." LOL. No joke though, Puerto Rico has a beautiful and rich 500 years Spanish/European history and culture, 200 years of United States history, as well as its inmense beautiful, intriging landscapes that make Puerto Rico, well, La Isla Del Encanto.

During the summers I would spend weeks with my grandparents, with whom I share so many fond memories and the love of the arts, hobbies and crafts. She would spend hours teaching me whatever new craft she would be doing at the time. While school was in session, weekends where spent in all different kinds of classes from ballet, dance, modeling, and my fave, ceramics class at Casa Candina.

My goals of being a Computer Designer during college where changed when the 'call' just kept directing me to all kinds of Fine Arts electives. In 2002 I transferred to the school to Fine Art, Ceramics, at Herron School of Arts, Indianapolis, IN, where amazingly gifted and inspiring faculty taught me new ways to use all mediums to express myself.

After graduating in 2004 I got married and moved to Columbia, Missouri, have two amazing kids and with all things being mom, wife, volunteer and all around person to everyone else lost the focus of working on my art. Now that my kids are older I am returning to the passion of the arts, creating and sharing my experience and knowledge with others and bring back the old cultural crafts that are now rarely created by hand, overtaken by modern machinery and most importantly the fond memories spent with my abuelita.