Biography
Margarita Persico is a multi-platform journalist, producer and founder of the food and health website The Healthy Dish. She currently serves as a freelance writer, blogger and editor. Persico has published for the Harvard Review Latin America, Bay State Banner, El Planeta, Tu Boston, the Health & Family magazine, Taildom.com, and in San José, Costa Rica, for El Residente Magazine, the Tico Times and for corporate and nonprofit organizations.
Persico received a master’s in liberal arts, journalism and undergraduate in computer science. She has experience in business, public relations, recruiting and journalism. In the computer sector she has worked for several companies among them three Fortune 100 companies. She lived in Costa Rica for several years where part of her free time she spent volunteering, freelancing, blogging and exploring the foods and organic farms of Costa Rica. There she produced a historical documentary, Voices from Seven Decades.
I have known and worked with Margarita for over 4 years and without reservation, I can say that she is of the highest character as a person and demonstrates the highest professionalism as a journalist. I value my friendship with her and as a “go to” person in the time of confusion.