From The Whole Damn Pie Podcast, hosted by Amalia Martino: "For Kirsten, having her daughter was a turning point to live a healthier life. At 24, she was significantly obese and pre-diabetic with high blood pressure. To change this, Kirsten decided she needed to overcome the toxic diet culture and processed food lifestyle she was used to and truly learn what it means to live healthily. And she did it. Now, Kirsten’s a former chef to professional athletes and the founder of Mesa De Vida, a series of globally inspired natural ingredient starter sauces — as well as being a mom of two. Listen in to hear how Kirsten achieved all this (and more), along with her advice on staying true to who you are and feeling good in what you're doing."  

From the That's Delicious Podcast with Pooja and Michelle from Food Social: "Kirsten Sandoval is the chef and founder of Mesa de Vida globally inspired cooking sauces. Food and entrepreneurship may be in Kirsten’s DNA, but she has worked intentionally and endlessly to build Mesa de Vida over the course of many years of experience, research, and trial and error. Her goal is to increase diversity on grocery store shelves, and make diverse flavors more accessible in the kitchen."

Bold Journey is a website focused on sharing inspiring female founders and CEOs. Chef Kirsten shares her thoughts on resilience, the Mesa de Vida journey, and the three most important qualities of a founder and leader.

Hungry Girl founder Lisa Lillian shared "The key to delicious food with very little effort? Having delicious meal starter sauces around! Simmer, slow cook or oven braise your way to a flavor-packed meal!"