Always. I always celebrated Dia de Muertos when I was living in Mexico. And since I moved here, I never put up an altar, but I started celebrating Dia de Muertos last year because I wanted to teach my daughter {Aitana} I have a seven-year-old daughter and I wanted her to understand this beautiful tradition and what it‘s all about. And that’s why it‘s an honor for me to be working with Patron celebrating Dia de Muertos because it’s a holiday that is really dear to me, an important part of my heritage.

Exactly. I told her in Mexico of course we celebrate Halloween too, but we have another kind of Mexican Halloween that’s called Dia de Muertos. We have this big party to remember the people who left before us. And for example, my daughter didn‘t know my mother and my father. So I wanted her to know them pretty well. I mean, she probably saw a picture of them at some time but I took this opportunity to tell her stories about my dad and about my mom and how my relationship was with them. And it was very interesting. She was really excited about hearing stories of her grandpa, and grandma. And I told her that in Mexico, instead of people crying about the dead we have this beautiful party. There’s a beautiful place, in Mexico- it‘s a small town near Mexico city called Mixquit and although it’s small in size, they hugely celebrate Dia de Los Muertos. Every single house in the town has an altar and they open their doors to everyone. So the town gets extremely crowded and everyone goes to a big party in the cemetery that‘s at the end of the main street. Everyone sits on top of the graves and eats Mexican food, like mole, rice, chicken, beans, tortillas, there’s mariachi playing music and everyone is sharing food. It’s a big party with music and everyone is sharing experiences and food- everything. So I wanted my daughter to know about this beautiful tradition and hopefully one day I will be able to take her to Mexico to see the real Dia de Los Muertos.

Exactly. I wanted her not to fear death and to celebrate Dia de Los Muertos. It‘s strange because even the words “celebrating death” it’s like celebrating life through the memories of our dead people … I would love for the world to adopt this beautiful tradition. Same as in Mexico. We adopted Halloween little by little, and now it‘s a big thing in Mexico. I would love to one day see Dia de Los Muertos in the U.S for example, or in any other part of the world, it’s a beautiful tradition.

Well, it‘s exactly what you said. I think this year has been very tough for everyone and a lot of people lost family and friends. So I think especially this year is it would be great to celebrate it with a smile. Finally, it’s been a tough year for everyone, and that‘s why I partnered with Patron because I wanted to, first of all, show the entire world this tradition. To teach people from other countries about how beautiful this tradition is where we don’t have to cry. The best ways to remember those that departed before us is with a smile, with music, with food, with tequila. And I think this year especially we need to smile. We need to remember them with happiness, not with sadness. That‘s why I was very happy to link up with Tequila Patron.