- Simplicity can be extraordinary, less can be much more,
and rustic can be quite compatible with comfort & good taste. - True quality of service stems from caring for ourselves
with integrity and honor. - Nurturing your heart, mind and senses is as crucial
as feeding your body. - To live in this unique community is a privilege, not a right,
and we proactively assume our responsibilities within it. - We are all related, thus we encourage an intelligent use
of natural resources, and we respect & comfortably share
our spaces with the local fauna.
Born in Mexico City, Cheryl grew up in the multicultural and multilingual family of a researcher engineer/pianist,
a language interpreter/Flamenco dancer, a quantum physicist, an award-winning writer, a national golf champion, a corporate genius, a political figure, and a famed radio announcer.
Among other things, she has been PR director for a chain of high-end restaurants; singer, writer & photographer; reservations manager for various hotels; Bengal tiger trainer & large species vet assistant; editor-in-chief for a newspaper in Acapulco; head of digital production for the National University of Mexico; and freelance information architect & web developer.
She lived in Brazil, Acapulco and Cuernavaca, traveled in North America, Europe and the Middle East, and visited Yelapa year after year since 1960, until she made it her permanent home almost 9 years ago.
In 2005 she was part of the developing team for a brand new project called Yelapa Oasis, under the direction of Pierre Gendron from Québec, and was irrevocably touched by it. In her own words, “I felt as deeply honored back then as I do now, for this chance to be ‘back home’, loving and taking care of this blessed site.”
Cheryl speaks Spanish, English, Portuguese & French, and is now re-learning Lakota.