Please give a warm welcome to my guest, Marianna Cuomo Maier, certified health & wellness
coach and founder of Grata Wellness, which helps people take charge of their health, find
more joy in their lives, and often, she says, it starts with food.
Marianna holds wellness workshops, meditation, and journaling groups at wellness events in
support of finding our healthier, more balanced selves. And as she tells it, Marianna was not
always a healthy person. She had to learn how to do it.
Marianna also writes for @AppetitoMagazine, and in fact, we were introduced by Appetito‘s
founder, @AndrewCotto, as well as my friend, @AmyRiolo, writer of many books on the
Mediterranean Diet, specifically the Dummies series.
Marianna is also founder of the Emerging Leaders Council of the Italian Language Foundation,
which is dedicated to promoting Italian language and culture nationally.
And if the name Cuomo sounds familiar, she is of the infamous New York Cuomo family. Her
grandfather, Mario Cuomo, was a beloved governor of New York. Uncle Andrew was also NY
governor, and Uncle Chris is a well-known, award-winning TV journalist.
Please join my conversation with Marianna on how we can all be healthier in a world that often
promotes fast living and fast foods. She also talks about life growing up Cuomo, and how her
Italian heritage helped form her wellness routines she lives by today. You’ll find our
#DeborahKobyltLIVE, #LittleItalyPodcast, and #LittleItalyOfLAPodcast on all video and audio
podcast platforms. I’m your host, #DeborahZaraKobylt, and I thank you for joining us. Please
also invite your friends, too!