{"id":64507,"date":"2015-07-01T13:42:19","date_gmt":"2015-07-01T20:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=64507"},"modified":"2015-07-01T14:39:27","modified_gmt":"2015-07-01T21:39:27","slug":"tatianna-rodriguez-is-driven-to-succeed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2015\/07\/01\/tatianna-rodriguez-is-driven-to-succeed\/","title":{"rendered":"Tatianna Rodriguez is driven to succeed"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tatianna Rodriguez and her daughter at University of Antelope Valley’s campus. Three-year-old La\u2019Reina describes her mom\u2019s food as \u201cyummy.\u201d (contributed photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Ashley Clutter, University of Antelope Valley
\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re ever at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, stop by the \u201cBig D Caf\u00e9\u201d and say hello to Tatianna Rodriguez<\/strong>. The 2011 University of Antelope Valley graduate landed a coveted position with Disney\u2019s food service company, Bon App\u00e9tit, thanks to the lasting impression she left on a former instructor.<\/p>\n

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Bon App\u00e9tit employee Tatianna Rodriguez is assigned to the Walt Disney Company in Burbank. (contributed)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Chef Anthony Williams, a Walt Disney Company chef and former UAV culinary instructor, said he recommended Rodriguez for the opportunity because he remembered his former UAV student as talented, willing to learn, professional and serious about the culinary field.<\/p>\n

Rodriguez\u2019s passion for the culinary arts developed as a child in her family\u2019s home, where most events centered on food and cooking.<\/p>\n

At a young age, Rodriguez also adopted a strong work ethic. She said she was motivated by her parents, whom she described as involved, determined role models working hard to give their children the best life they could.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy parents set the example for my sister and me\u2026\u201d Rodriguez said.<\/p>\n

Never afraid of a challenge, Rodriguez served as student council president, played organized sports, and worked two jobs while attending high school. She even managed to graduate a year early.<\/p>\n

With several choices of where she could attend college, Rodriguez said she chose University of Antelope Valley because she wanted a proven culinary arts program with a relatively small class size that would afford her more personalized training.<\/p>\n

After graduating from UAV in 2011, Rodriguez worked as a dietary cook in a northern California hospital and then as lead cook at a sports bar and grill in the Antelope Valley before securing the position with Disney\u2019s food service company.<\/p>\n

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In May 2014, Tatianna Rodriguez made her aunt\u2019s wedding cake, drawing on some of the training she acquired from UAV\u2019s Chef Anaya. (contributed)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

She hopes to set an example for her 3-year-old daughter, La\u2019Reina, on the importance of hard work in achieving one\u2019s life goals.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want my daughter to grow up and look at my work ethic, character, and successes and want to emulate what I\u2019ve done,\u201d Rodriguez said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy daughter is the definitive reason I rise very early each morning and make the commute from the Antelope Valley to the Disney Studios in Burbank, work hard and try to gain a little more knowledge each day,\u201d Rodriguez added.<\/p>\n

This young and driven chef\u2019s five-year plan is to own a pastry shop and bakery.<\/p>\n

For more information regarding the Culinary Program at the University of Antelope Valley, visit www.uav.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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By Ashley Clutter, University of Antelope Valley If you\u2019re ever at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, stop by the \u201cBig D Caf\u00e9\u201d and say hello to Tatianna Rodriguez. The 2011 University of Antelope Valley graduate landed a coveted position with Disney\u2019s food service company, Bon App\u00e9tit, thanks to the lasting impression she left on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":64510,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1480],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64507"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}