Lick: Carmen, I first met you at the “Annual Amanda Foundation Halloween Costume Pet Event” in Beverly Hills a few years ago with Darth Vader and Anakin Skywalker (Carmen’s dogs), and it seems like I keep running into the beautiful Carmen Medina Diaz with your gorgeous “fashionista” doggies -- everywhere that has anything to do with Pets and Pet Fashion from coast to coast. Carmen: Yes, yes Lick: Tell us about “you”, where did you grow up what was your life like... Carmen: I was born in Madrid, Spain although my family later moved to Grand Canary, Canary Islands. I grew up there, but since I was a kid, I always loved nature and animals. I wanted to have a dog but I couldn’t because I was allergic to them. Finally, when I was 10 years old I had the chance. Since then, my life has been around this passion I have for animals. Lick: So what brought you to America, was it a planned destination or was it something unexpected that happened along the way? Carmen: No. Since I was about 14 or 15 I loved the United States of America. The reason I went to university was to become a translator and my official major was in English and French. I always knew that I would end up in America.
I had the great chance to move to Los Angeles for my job promoting Spain and the Grand Canaries as a film destination for producers here. (Carmen works with the Spanish Government Tourism and Filming Commission.) ”But why Beverly Hills?” After I watched “Beverly Hills Chihuahua.” Lick: So that’s what I want to know about? Tell me about “Beverly Hills Chihuahua.” Carmen: You know that is one of my favorite movies ever. Since I was a kid, I just wanted to be a vet. I had the chance to go to the best veterinary school in Spain, but when I was getting ready to go a friend told me, “Carmen, your love and passion for animals is going to make you broken hearted, because you won’t be able to save them all.” So I thought about it and said “You are right, I can’t be a vet” and decided to be a translator specializing in veterinary and medical issues instead. Lick: That’s wonderful. Carmen: Well, you know I have so much passion for animals that it would be really hard for me to deal with the surgeries. I was still living in Spain and already had Anakin Skywalker, who was my first Chihuahua, when one of my LA friends called and told me “OMG Carmen I just
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