Yaira, Yaira, Yaira – how do I start to tell the world about Yaira. She’s 100 things I wish I was and I admire her more than she probably knows. She travels the world, has a baby who sleeps through the night (must be spectacular) and has a beautiful eye for photography. It’s true that she loses things easily, is horrible with remembering names and her name sounds nothing like it looks, but we still love her.
Yaira is one of our associate photographers and we are so lucky to have her as part of our team. She loves what she does, loves her clients and brings lots of fun and excitement into the office every day (and tarts and cookies too). She’s a great mom and our kids love her too!
So, to help you get to know a little bit more about Yaira, here are her ‘100 things’.
- Brianna
P.s. Yaira, I’ll make sure to put a plastic plant on your desk on Monday since I’ve now learned how much you love them. We hope you’re enjoying every minute of your maternity leave with Diego!

100 things about Yaira:
1. My name is pronounced Jy-Da.
2. I was born in Mexico City.
3. I moved to Canada in 1999.
4. I have 2 brothers that I love with all my heart.
5. I traveled around Thailand for a month in 2003.
6. My favourite color is green.
7. I love wearing black.
8. I have been married for 2 years to a wonderful man named Matthew.
9. I have a 3 month old baby, his name is Diego.
10. I have a pet dog, who is a Whippet named Chavo.
11. My very favourite animal is a monkey.
12. I enjoy cooking for friends and family.
13. I have bungee jumped over 10 times.
14. My favourite books are “The Divine Comedy” and “A Hundred Years of Solitude”.
15. I love salsa dancing.
16. My first language is Spanish.
17. I would love to own a horse one day.
18. My favourite alcoholic drink is tequila (I must be Mexican!)
19. One of my secret talents is acting.
20. If I don’t have to, I don’t shower Sundays.
21. My name means Flower Princess.
22. I would love to go to India one day.
23. I have 38 first cousins that I keep in touch with.
24. My favourite fruit is mango.
25. I love sushi.
26. My dream job would be as a photographer for National Geographic.
27. My favourite way to spend Sundays would be to stay in pyjamas watching movies.
28. One of my pet peeves is when the pen stops working as I am using it.
29. I enjoy working out.
30. Talk shows and reality TV are my guilty pleasures.
31. I misplace things all the time, one time I found the phone in the fridge.
32. I drink soy milk.
33. I could watch The Food Network all day.
34. I wish I was taller.
35. I am a clean freak.
36. I love to dress up on Halloween.
37. I had a pet tarantula and a boa when I was younger.
38. I don’t smoke but I enjoy a cigar once and a while.
39. I lived in Cancun for 2 years.
40. I will eat anything once.
41. I love spicy food.
42. The sound of thunder scares me.
43. I own a beautiful guitar that I don’t know how to play.
44. I suck at video games.
45. I could eat bacon every day.
46. I own 31 hand bags.
47. I want a cat but Matt is allergic.
48. I love camping.
49. I don’t like when people touch my belly button.
50. I have a tattoo on my back.
51. My mom calls me at least 2 times a day.
52. My horoscope is Libra.
53. I was born in the year of the monkey.
54. My favourite people in the world are my husband Matt and my son Diego.
55. My best friend is my brother Carlos.
56. I look up to my brother Alberto.
57. I am very proud of my culture.
58. I love the smell of brewed coffee.
59. I am 5ft 2in.
60. I love buying cook books.
61. I am very friendly.
62. I miss old cartoons.
63. I would like to have 3 kids.
64. My husband says that one day I will burn down the place because I always leave the stove and oven on.
65. I love sour candy.
66. I sing out loud when I am in the car by myself.
67. I love the sound of violin.
68. I love a hot cup of coffee first thing in the morning.
69. I like to meet new people.
70. I drove from BC to Ontario with my husband 4 years ago.
71. I want to learn another language.
72. I love Matt’s sense of humour.
73. I like to watch soccer, specially when Mexico plays.
74. I am a people watcher.
75. My favourite Christmas movie is “Elf”.
76. I am a big fan of the music videos directed by Chris Cunningham, Michelle Gondry and Spike Jonze.
77. My favourite music video is the Weezer video for “Island in the Sun”.
78. I love to be bare foot.
79. I am really bad at remembering names.
80. I lose thing very easily.
81. I am having the time of my life with my son
82. I love concerts, there is nothing like live music.
83. I am an animal lover.
84. I love the beach, everything about it.
85. My spelling is really bad, but my husband thinks it is cute.
86. I love my mom’s food.
87. Cheese, I love cheese.
88. My favourite food is seafood, all of it.
89. I hate plastic plants and flowers.
90. I want winter to be over and never come back.
91. I am the biggest baby when it comes to needles.
92. I am glad I am at # 92, as I am running out of ideas.
93. My baby’s smile makes me happy.
94. I am a very hard working person.
95. I like my steak medium rare, but more on the rare side.
96. My favourite place to be is my home.
97. I love my job and the people I work with.
98. I can’t believe I am almost done this list.
99. I love to swim in the ocean.
100. My birthday is September 30.
























































































































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