Carmen Ortega
http://www.carmenortegaonline.com/

I was born in Chicago,IL.My dad is Ecuadorian and my mother's American. So we always spoke two languages in my house.I come from a pretty big family with nine other siblings. I am somewhere in the middle, yes i am middle child.My mom and dad owned the first horse in carriage company in downtown Chicago. I went to a catholic school in Chicago for most of my younger years. After my mom and dad divorced i moved Gainesville,FL. I went to school there for two years and ended moving back up north to graduate.



After graduating I didn't know what i wanted to do so i started bartending. In my spare time i became a personal trainer.I knew these were thing that just kept me busy and passed my time. People use to always ask me "Are you a model ?"And I would reply , "no not really".So then I started entering random contests and i mostly always won. Thats when i started shooting with local photographers, posting my pictures on different media sites and submitting to magazines. That is when i realized I loved being in front of the camera. I feel like this is ma passion. I love being a part of something that is recognized everywhere. Now i am taking one day at a time to learn achieve as much as possible. I feel like there are no limits and it can only get better.