Master Sommelier Serafin Alvarado’s journey into the worlds of hospitality and wine took him from New York City, to Puerto Rico, and back to the US in Chicago working with the late, great Chef Charlie Trotter. Serafin's story serves as a not-unfamiliar roadmap for many of the most successful professionals in the hospitality sphere, as it weaves through many different geographies and disciplines including music, chemistry, the hotel business, and more on the road to joining one of the elite wine professional associations in the world, and showcases his inspirational lifelong love of learning and pursuit of growth