Maria del Pilar Campos, was born in the Musical city of Colombia, Ibague where she spent her first years of youth. Then she moved to the capital Bogota where she studied Social Communication/Journalism and Business Administration at the Universidad Pontificia Javeriana and Santo Tomas, respectively. In 1996, she decided to move to the U.S, the country where she has lived since then and where she has worked as a mortgage broker, notary public and real estate associate. Currently she is with the Keller Williams Realty at the Lakes office in Celebration, FL as a real estate agent. She also collaborates with the dissemination of Hispanic culture through the Tertulia 4 Gatos book club. She is an active member of the Colombo American Chamber of Commerce, the National Association of REALTORS (NAR), and the Osceola Board of Realtors. She is married to Carlos Javier Campos and is the proud mother of four children and grandmother of three children. In her free time Maria enjoys gardening, going to the beach and playing with her dogs, Maui, and Kona.