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Women of Distinction

When you meet Kiko Salazar, it is obvi- that she wanted to be a veterinarian. By
ous that she is a force of nature. When she the time she was in elementary school she
sets her mind to do something, you can be had taken that desire a step further. “My
certain she will not only accomplish it but dream was to change the world and make
surpass even her own expectations. it a better place.” A pretty lofty goal for a
Born in Los Angeles and raised in young girl.
New Mexico, she is the youngest of three Her dreams changed some as she got
children. She had interests that were well older. “I wanted to be a veterinarian, then
beyond her years, but she didn’t let that I wanted to be a doctor. As I got older, I
stop her. Her interests in computers and realized that the field of medicine might
web design started way back in elemen- not be for me. I realized that there were
KIKO

SALAZAR

Chief Operating Officer

Doctor Multimedia

By Judith A. Habert

Photo by Dawn Nicoli / Nicoli Productions

tary school. “Growing up, I was always some gruesome and heartbreaking things
a computer and technology nerdy birdy. that medical providers have to see in their
I started making websites when I was in professions.”
elementary school. I played video games Kiko left New Mexico to attend the
throughout my childhood on consoles and University of San Diego, where she ob-
desktop computers with my brother and tained her Bachelor of Arts degree in
watched my brother build computers. All communication studies with a double
of it fascinated me.” Kiko was posting dance minor in theology and religious studies
videos online soon after, and this is when and philosophy. During her college career,
she realized the power of social media. That Kiko’s entrepreneurial edge led her to work
fact would eventually lead to an incredible alongside various founders and C-level
career as she grew older. executives. She connected immediately with
When asked way back in preschool the entrepreneurial spirit and drive of the
what she wanted to be when she grew up, business owners she met. “I love wearing
there was no hesitation, her answer was multiple hats, and being in fast-paced

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