chef & esthetician created
Jennifer Villegas Sanford
As a teenager, our founder and CEO, Jennifer battled chronic cystic acne, trying every over-the-counter and prescription medication available to help clear the persistent condition.
Relief finally came from an ancient family salve recipe rooted in Mexican Folk Medicine that was handed down by Jennifer’s grandmother, Juanita Villegas.
This formative, early life experience, combined with Jennifer’s extensive knowledge of whole food nutrition and her pro skin experience collide in Shimmer Chef.
As both a graduate of the Natural Gourmet Institute Culinary School and a trained esthetician, Jennifer draws on her intimate knowledge of how plant superfoods rebalance, fortify and sustain our skin.
Practicing as an official Health-Supportive Culinary Arts Chef at Provenance Meals – where wellness experts design food to nourish and cleanse the body - Jennifer began to investigate how living foods protect, heal and transform both our inner and outer selves.
She combined this expertise with her body of knowledge on Ayurveda - which she gained during her yoga and meditation certification – with the legacy, skin-healing recipes she inherited from her Mexican grandmother.
