If you don't know her, now you do.

If you don't know her, now you do.

By: Christian Lozano (Oneonta,NY)

Chef Donna serving student

  Chef Donna started working for Oneonta in the year 2007. Her first location as a cook was in Wilsbach dinning hall. After two and a half years she then was located at a different dinning hall called mills dinning hall. Chef Donna location in the mills dinning hall was the Salsa Rica. "I make the best tacos said Chef Donna". Work at the salsa spot for two years and now she works in My kitchen.

My Kitchen

Many students call Chef Donna , Chef D and some call her mom. Chef Donna loves when student say mom cause it gives her a happy feeling when she cooks. Chef Donna learned how to cook at the age of sixteen in Florida.  A guy in Florida that was a chef for a restaurant took her under the wing and showed her the basics. After the years she spent with the chef in Florida everything else was self taught.

Photo by : Dave Palmater 

Chef D was born and raised in the town of Oneonta living on main street. She came back after her teen life in Miami due to family problems and because Oneonta is her home. She came back to Oneonta in the year 2006 after living in the city of New Jersey.

Chef Donna cookies

Donna everyday plan is to make everyone happy and to teach the students how to cook. She loves to bake cookies for students because she feels that her cookies helps when someone is upset and she has a fresh cookies to cheer them up. Donna loves to talk to students and get to know what they going to do after college.