Chefs

With Yuyo, Maribel Rivero Brings Peruvian Spirit to the Heart of Texas

Jacqueline Raposo

Maribel Rivero sees a world with few borders. “We experience products from all over the world now,” she says. “Through food, we learn, and we grow bonds that I think are important for people to appreciate.”

Born in Bolivia to a Mexican-American mother and a Bolivian father, Rivero immigrated to Texas at age three after her father’s...