Maria Blanco is a Certified Family Herbalist, a Holistic Nutrition Consultant and is currently a candidate for an ND degree in Naturopathy.
Maria considers diet and nutrition to be the single greatest determinant of health, disease prevention, and healing and she delights in sharing knowledge of how to naturally establish and maintain homeostasis in all of life’s varying stages.
Her other passion is her family. She enjoys writing articles based upon her experiences in elder care, child rearing and home and time management. As a home-schooling mother-of-nine, and primary in-home caregiver to her mother who suffered from Lewy Body Dementia, she has a wide range of experiences upon which to draw.
Maria Blanco's Interests
Beyond health and family, Maria's interests are considerably varied. She reads voraciously on many topics, including medicine, religion, Eastern Traditions, psychology, family dynamics, politics, science and technology.
Having been reared in a well-traveled military family with traditionally Catholic Cajun roots has served to augment her natural fascination and love of cultural and ethnic diversities.
Her hobbies include painting and sculpting, jewelry design and manufacture, home herb and vegetable gardening, designing original hand-knitted pieces, and exploring world cuisines.
She is currently writing a book on the topic of feeding the family from a Catholic perspective, and is also developing a Nutritional Health and Wellness training course for publication in the near future.
Additional Background and Education
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Directional Drilling Applications Engineer within the oil and gas industry until 1993.
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A past member of the International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC)
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Invigilator on behalf of the International Well Control Forum (IWCF) based in Montrose, Scotland.
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Contracting Computer Database Applications Programmer / Systems Analyst
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Early education includes studies in Computer Science (scientific option) and in Speech Pathology & Audiology at the University of Southwestern Louisiana.
