María del Mar González was born June 15, 1985 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Her father is a fisherman who decided to put her name, which means Maria from the Sea. By the other side, her mother is a lawyer who always emphasized on her the importance of getting a College degree. Maria del Mar got her Bachelor degree in Marketing and Finance, while she was competing in WQS Contests. Coming from a family of five, with one brother and a sister; and growing up around the ocean and fishing sport, her brother and Maria started surfing at 12 years old. Maria Del Mar started to compete in surfing at 15 years old winning Women Junior division in PR and one year later winning the Open Women division of PR. At 16 years old, she went to her first competition overseas, the World Juniors Championships in Australia. Later on, she kept competing overseas in events from the Latin Alas Tour, Eastern Surfing Association, ISA World Games and the WQS. She decided in 2010 to be a free surfer and keep working with her main sponsor, Body Glove. This sponsor took Maria to the Fiji Island in 2010’ summer to film a documental movie called Drop Zone Fiji, where five surfers were invited to surf and dive. Last September 3rd, 2011 she organized her first Body Glove Women’s contest where 54 girls came to participate. Today, her goal is to keep surfing, modeling, training and traveling, while helping other girls enjoy surfing as well by making events for them. Well, living and growing up in a beautiful Caribbean Island, there are no excuses to be a good surfer and love the oceans as Maria del Mar does.