Maribel Lieberman—A Successful Life Is Not an Accident!
Queen of Chocolate-Maribel Liberman
Maribel Lieberman’s Values:
A Dream is Beautiful!
Maribel Lieberman was born into a big family. She has 7 sisters and brothers. She is the youngest one. Her father owned a farm. Her mother ran a busy boarding house. In order to support this family and raise several kids, her parents worked very hard. However, her mother thought that establishing good values among kids in a family is very important! It’s a priority for the kids to learn to be independent to take care of themselves. At the same time, the elder kids in a family have to take care of and help the younger. Under her education concepts, Maribel Lieberman and her sisters and brothers are independent and cooperative. When they grew up, most of them got scholarships to reduce the financial burdens of the family. When one of Maribel Lieberman’s sisters got married soon after she graduated from college so that she couldn’t support the younger financially, her mom was very upset because she felt that this daughter didn’t listen to her. Eventually, this sister supported the younger sister financially to finish her college.
Her Talent in Business
Maribel Lieberman showed her talents in creativity and in business at her early age. When she was eight years old, she made candies and sold them to children in the neighbors! When she was 15 years old, her family moved to a big city so that her sisters and brothers could go to better colleges. But she felt so bored because she neither had her own money nor afford to buy her own beautiful outfit. She wanted to be an architect but her mother was scared that she would drop out of school. So, her mother put her in a bilingual school as a secretary. However, Maribel Lieberman was not good at typing, much less that kind of boring job and monotonous life environment. So, she decided to immigrate to the U.S. to try her luck, even though she didn’t know what was waiting for her ahead.
Efforts and Opportunity Creates A "Queen of Chocolate"
Her first job in the U.S. was working for Shiseido cosmetics. Back then Shiseido just launched in the U.S. Maribel Lieberman caught this opportunity to learn and to grow together with it. At the same time, she attended Parsons School of Design for Fashion Design to broaden her vision, enrich her reviewing, and increase her knowledge. Later, she started her own business as a chef to branding her own business. In the process of doing her own business, Maribel Lieberman not only becomes the first person to introduce cacao to the U.S., but also becomes the pioneer of the chocolate business in the U.S: Its best quality of ingredients, unique recipes, variety of flavors and tastes, delicate productions, beautiful designs and touching stories promote her to be the “Queen of Chocolate'' in the U.S!
Good Education Are the Foundation of Success!
America is a country of immigrants. The opportunities have attracted a variety of immigrants to come over from everywhere in the world to chase their dreams. How to survive, struggle and thrive in the new environment to approach the goals successfully? Maribel Lieberman thinks that her success is from her family's education and support. Her mother taught her brothers and sisters to be independent and cooperative, diligent and optimistic. These made her have vision and wisdom to face life challenges independently! When she needed her sister's help, her sister came over to work in her industry for 8 years.
New York — Maribel Lieberman's Dream Comes True!
New York is a capital city that is full of brutal competition. In New York, how many people graduate from Parsons’ School of Design? How many people are doing the chocolate business ? How many people have stronger financial foundations to operate bigger chocolate businesses? Maribel Lieberman also has to face those competitions and challenges. However, 20 years later, Maribel Lieberman wins the honor of “Queen of Chocolate” and becomes a chocolatier and the pioneer of the chocolate business. Her secret for her success is that she has never stopped improving her business so that she can always meet the trend and higher requirements from the customers.
Maribel Lieberman’s Chocolate flagship store in New York
Entering Maribel Lieberman’s Chocolate flagship store in the Soho area in New York, you would be impressed by the classic decoration with European style and dazzling, unique, and beautiful assortments of chocolates’ design and outer packaging. Customers can visit the production process in the workshops: The ingredients are strictly chosen from anywhere in the world. Every chocolate is created into different shapes and are given lives and stories... The best words are involuntarily pouring into your mind and heart to express the thankful feelings to the "Queen of Chocolate"! This is why customers love Maribel Lieberman and Maribel Lieberman’s Chocolate because together they become the angels to bring people blessing and hope!
Maribel Lieberman’s Cultural Concepts –- Equality and Harmony!
As a famous and successful immigrant entrepreneur in the U.S, Maribel Lieberman owns a variety of excellent qualities She is so humble, approachable, and easy-going so that you would feel that she treats you like her old friend. She is sincere and friendly, generous and respectful, optimistic and positive, independent and diligent. She is so charming and admirable! Her most important quality is her equality and harmony. She is always smiling at people no matter where they are from, what kind of skin they have. In her mind, all of the people in the world are equal! Everyone should be equally treated!
Maribel Lieberman Loves China and Chinese Culture
When many people think that Chinese culture and traditions have been too old, out-of-date and should be thrown away, when Chinese herbal medicines and formulas have been scorned because they are lack of scientific verification, Maribel Lieberman is planning to expand her chocolate business to China: Except her special loves to China, Chinese culture, she has showed her special interests to the Chinese natural and rich herbs. She has her own Chinese herbalist to take care of her health, plans to add Ginseng as one ingredient in her chocolate. She is so eager to go back to China again to buy all of the herbs and bring them back to New York.
Maribel Lieberman Passionate Dedication — Chinese zodiac signs!
In order to express her love for China and Chinese culture, Maribel Lieberman exclusively designed a series of chocolates to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year. The patterns of the Chinese zodiacs on the boxes corresponds to the the Chinese New Year : Against the big red background, the four golden lanterns hanging on the top two corners, the pattern of the zodiac sign is in the middle of the cover surrounded by a circle of pink peach blossoms. What impressed people the most is the pattern of Mouse year: A blue melon cap is making the mouse look funny and interesting, two talking and squinting eyes are showing its cleverness and cunning, a little tongue is sticking out just as trying to taste chocolates secretly is making his mouth watery. Does the upturned tail keep alert and run away at any time? Opening the delicate box, the combinations of the colors and the patterns just like a group of collections of customs of Chinese New Year are full of prosperity and joy and auspiciousness.
“Queen of Chocolate”
From Honduras to New York; from a young immigrant with her dream to become a well-known “Queen of Chocolate” in the U.S., Maribel Lieberman’s experience and achievements rightly demonstrate a kind of successful cultural phenomena: No matter in the western world or in the eastern world, no matter in the past, in the present or in the future, love and care, independence and diligence, support and encouragement, self-esteem, self-confidence, self-reliance, and self-improvement always the strengths and sources of the success!
