Pilar Rivera-Collins, known to family and friends as “Pili,” was born and raised in Veracruz, México.  She holds a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree, with an emphasis in hotel management and tourism.  Her love of the ocean and her desire to have what she calls “the opportunity to meet people from different parts of the world” led her to the Mexican Caribbean where she began her career in luxury hotel event planning and guest relations.  There, she learned the imp