| PVMirror Contributors
All the great people involved in this project would be more than happy to hear from you.
You may reach us either by e-mailing the PVMirror at info@pvmirror.com or by contacting any of us directly at the addresses listed below.
Columnists and Reporters
Harriet Murray - Viewpoint
 Harriet Cochran Murray, owner of Cochran Real Estate (Cochran S. de RL de C.V.) has been in real estate in Puerto Vallarta since l996, and a real estate broker in Texas since l975. Her company provides services in buying and selling of real estate properties. Leasing and property management are also provided. The very capable team of real estate professionals associated with the firm bring experience from the United States and Mexico to give a client a total menu of services. The offices of Cochran Real Estate are at 230-D Leona Vicario, El Centro , Puerto Vallarta . Local number is 223-4027 and fax is 223-4026.
E-mail: harriet@pvnet.com.mx
Website: www.buyeragentvallartacom/
Jim Scherrer - Real Estate
 A retired entrepreneur from Houston with an engineering degree and business background. He was a co-founder of a Houston based manufacturers' representative firm almost 30 years ago which continues to thrive as an ongoing concern. In 1980, he founded another manufacturers' representative firm and a construction company in Houston, which is now a sustantial division of a Fortune 200 company.
Jim has bought and sold real estate in Puerto Vallarta for almost a quarter a century and has made Vallarta his permanent residence for over ten years. He recognized an obvious need for a real estate firm in Puerto Vallarta that would function exclusively in the best interest of foreign buyers. Others ready to join the PVREBA team are all well educated, experienced, retired North Americans that have resided in Vallarta for many years. Jim have Extensive knowledge of the area, a thorough understanding of the local real estate market, many close relationships with the appropriate professionals including lawyers, notarios, mortgage bankers and escrow agents.
E-mail: Info@PVREBA.com
Website: www.pvreba.com
Paloma Arámburo Muñoz - Legal Matters
Paloma Arámburo born in Guadalajara, Jalisco. She works in a law firm called Robles, Lazo & Gallardo, with agencies in Guadalajara and Puerto Vallarta. She is studying Law at Universidad Panamericana. Paloma Arámburo lives in Guadalajara and therefore offers a personal attention to clients in Real Estate, Contractual and Notary services.
E-mail: paramburo@rlg.com.mx
Elías Morán Giacomán - Legal Matters
Elías was born 23 years ago in Guadalajara, Jalisco. He studied laws at Universidad Panamericana Campus Guadalajara from 2003 to 2008, and currently studies to get his law degree. He has been working in law issues since 2006 and nowadays works in a law firm called Robles, Lazo & Gallardo, with offices in Guadalajara and Puerto Vallarta. As result of the above, he offers real state, corporate, contractual and notary public services.
E-mail: emoran@rlg.com.mx
Rodrigo Espinosa - Legal Matters
Born in Palo Alto, California, he attended law school at Iteso University and has been focused on corporate law and advising investment projects since he began his practice. He is part of the Law Firm Robles, Lazo y Gallardo, S.C. where his focus has remained on corporate issues, as well as on real estate matters. He speaks Spanish and English.
E-mail: respinosa@rlg.com.mx
Raul Galindo - Real Estate
 Raul Galindo Born in Mexico City. He leads the law office of Galindo Abogados in Puerto Vallarta, studied Law at Universidad Iberoamericana, A.C., from 1985 to 1991, he is fully bilingual and has a degree in Real Estate matters from Universidad en Estudios de Postgrado en Derecho(EPED) in addition to a degree in Labor matters from EPED too.
Raul Galindo lives in Puerto Vallarta and therefore offers a personal attention to clients in Real Estate, Corporate and Labor matters. He is advisor mainly to foreign citizens; his office of Attorneys at Law is registered in the U.S.A and Canadian Consulates.
E-mail: raulgalindoabogados@prodigy.net.mx
Website: www.galindoabogados.com
Prof. German Estrada - Mexico Magico
Born in Mexico City , his University studies included Industrial Relations at the Universidad Iberoamericana, as well as Political Sciences, Foreign and International Trade, and Administration. He has spent the last 40 years learning ever more about Mexico and his fellow Mexicans and is the author of the recently-published best-seller, "Mexico Magico".
E-mail: gestrada@pvnet.com.mx
Dave Gutknecht - The Iguana Chronicles
Dave once a long time resident of Chicago now lives in Mismaloya with his wife, Susie, and their cats, Smoky and Bandit. He holds a degree in engineering and spent many years consulting on manufacturing systems but he is now happily retired. He’s fascinated with his new home, its people, flora, fauna, geology, and history.
His writing is somewhat eclectic and when asked how he selects a subject he answered, “I don’t choose subject. The subject chooses me. I have little choice matter and after the subject selects me the story pretty much writes itself.”
Florelisa Hernández
Florelisa is an Art Restorer graduated from the ENCRyM- INAH (Mexico), a Certified Interpretive Guide by the NAI, (US), she also held challenging positions in the Cultural Sector of Mexico. Upon her arrival to Banderas Bay, over 10 years ago, she became a self made public relations person, with a deep interest in marketing, writing, customer service and culture.
With more than 20 years of experience in the journalistic environment, and 10 in local media, she developed a freelance career in the marketing industry of PV.
A nature lover, she is very curious and believes everyone has an interesting story to tell, her ample experience in customer service, journalistic background and attention to detail, has made her to succeed in every venture she has taken in her hands.
She is also compromised with the culture of Mexico and has made her goal to spread it between local and foreign publics as well. She offers her freelance services of public relations, private inspections and reviews of services, product & speech writer and translator.
E-mail: florelisa77@hotmail.com
Lilianne Fuller
 A freelance writer who absolutely loves Mexico. She discovered the Rincon de Guayabitos area and describes it as the best place on earth. Specializing in media releases and travel stories, she also writes advertorials for local businesses during the time when she cannot be in Mexico. During the summer months, she coordinates a volunteer based hospitality program that welcomes visitors to the small city where she lives and studies Spanish. Email: lilianne101@shaw.ca
Rubén Cham - Art Shore & Binnacle of Images
 Rubén Cham (Guadalajara 1961) has been contributor, since 1986, of the newspapers El Heraldo de Tijuana, Siglo XXI and El Informador, in Guadalajara. Texts of his responsibility have been published in the Edmundo’s Valadez magazine El Cuento. Participated in the Elías Nandino and Juan José Arreola literary workshops in Guadalajara as well as in Imagen, in Tijuana, BC. In Puerto Vallarta, where he resides from 1997, is a permanent contributor of Bay Vallarta and producer and conductor of "epigramma" in the Cultural Radio. Member of the First Program of Artists Scholarship holders of Jalisco, Consejo Estatal de la Cultura y las Artes (1992) and winner of the National Prize of Literature Juan Rulfo 1989. Has published the volume of short-stories "Con el color de la luna", included in the anthology: Biblioteca de Escritores Jaliscienses and the collections of poetic prose "Arcanos" "Monomanías", and "Desvaríos". Currently, Rubén Cham is the Municipal Literature Workshop director.
E-mail: ruben_cham@yahoo.com
Website: www.theloftgaleria.com
Federico León de la Vega - Artist Adventures
 Born in Mexico City, Federico's artistic career stemmed from his profession in Design and Architecture. He has shown in several well-known galleries in Mexico, New York, Miami and San Diego. In 2000 he stablish his studio in Nuevo Vallarta. Today Federico surveys the water from his studio-café in Nuevo Vallarta, where he paints and displays his work.
E-mail: fleondelavega@prodigy.net.mx
Website: estudiocafé.net
Eduardo Rincón-Gallardo
After a career in the hospitality industry and opening his own local tour company in Puerto Vallarta. Eduardo has evolved into outdoors and ecological activities featuring the natural and cultural wealth of the Bay of Banderas and surroundings. Fluent in Spanish, English, French and German.
Eduardo has been helping visitors make the best of their stay arranging for air, land and sea excursions like sailing, snorkeling, horseback and all-terrain vehicle sierra treks, whale watching, bird watching, turtle and crocodile camps and custom-made trips to culturally rich towns. A watersports hobbyist who frolics in sailing and slalom, he is also an amateur poet, musician, peace activist and an obsessive lover of the Bay of Banderas. Eduardo combines his outdoors activities with ecologically-friendly real estate counseling and as a wine merchant.
Website: www.puertovallartasailing.com/
E-mail: toureps@prodigy.net.mx
John Van Dyke – Exploring The Sout
 Headed a design and digital media company based in Seattle, Washington U.S.A. His work for a diversified range of clients is widely recognized as groundbreaking. Van Dyke frequently lectured on the subject of design and photography. He also taught senior level design at the University of Washington School of Art. Van Dyke currently resides in El Tuito and is working on projects in the south.
E-mail: jvdmailbox@gmail.com
Website: tehuabay.blogspot.com & maytobeach.blogspot.com
Oscar Aranda Mena – Natural Encounter
Biologist specialized in marine life. Has been in PV since 1998. Is Founder/Director of the Western Ecological Society, a non-profit organization dedicated mostly to protect marine turtles during summer and whale watching activities during winter. In between these activities, Oscar has written many educational articles, children’s stories and carried out educational activities, and has also participated in documentaries and reports about marine turtles and their conservation, using his free time to learn more about nature, doing his own researching.
Oscar believes in the love for nature, and many of the reasons people doesn’t respect nature is just because they haven’t realized how important is for our life and how complex is it. He has found that marine turtles can change minds, and is continuously trying to local people and hotels get involved in his project. He is concern about the uncontrolled fast-growing of the city and loss of habitats. He says that we have to change minds, but we have to start with ourselves.
Tours & Activities
Marine Turtles Encounter: A non-commercial tour, participating in a real protection & conservation program watching marine turtles nesting, gathering their eggs and releasing baby turtles into the sea. Available from July to October. Booking this tour you make it possible for us to continue protecting marine turtles.
E-mail: osaranda@yahoo.com
Website: vallartanature.org
Petr Myska - Bird of the month
 Zoologist - Conservationist and photographer, M. Sc. in Environmental Protection and
M. Sc. in Ecology and Animal Behavior. He has lived in Mexico for last 7 years, last 4 years as a resident to Puerto Vallarta.
His efforts are focused on educating about Mexico’s immense and beautiful biodiversity in order to create strong awareness of the importance of its conservation. He believes firmly that to preserve our natural resources, we first have to know them well. Therefore five years ago he founded the Free Online Encyclopedia of Mexico’s Biodiversity, a project which is constantly growing, attracting thousands of visitors every day. In addition to this project, he publishes articles and reports in national and international magazines and has worked as a correspondent for the BBC. His work regarding the Banderas Bay area includes the first photographic field guide to the region’s birds.
If you wish to support the non-profit project of Free Online Encyclopedia, you can do so by donating online at www.vivanatura.org
Email: pmyska@vivanatura.org
Free Online Encyclopedia: www.vivanatura.org
Nature Stock Photography: www.imanat.com
Peter Gray - Various
Peter Gray retired to Puerto Vallarta 10 years ago. He is an active member of the Navy League and the America-Mexico Foundation that raises funds for scholarships to deserving students who could not otherwise afford to pursue their studies. He is a past president of the Conchas Chinas Residents' Association and recently he has been named to the Consejo de Cultura of our local University (CUC) where he has undertaken the task of creating a permanent art gallery for the benefit of its four thousand students. Since arriving in Vallarta, he has written two books. One of them, "Advertising & the Ignorant Savages", is required reading in several U.S. colleges. He is also a painter and prints of his "Pidiendo Posada" are on sale around town for the benefit of the Becas foundation (over 400 of them have been sold to date.) Peter also wants his readers to know that he is "a pretty good cook too"!
Marianne Klahre - Traductora
E-mail: amigamk@hotmail.com
José Antonio Arturo Castillo - Webmaster
E-mail: webmaster@pvmirror.com
Jesus de Avila - Publisher & Editor
E-mail: editor@pvmirror.com
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