Rick Snyder is semi-retired and has loved living in Cuenca since October 2017. His move from Chicago to Cuenca came after a brief career as a financial advisor that followed a 25 year career of managing commercial relationships with some of the best known financial institutions in the U.S.

Rick is lead writer for yapatree.com and he volunteers on the Board of Directors of Azuay Community Theater. He is a fan of live theatre and directing, music, great food and cooking, horseback riding and his 2 cats, Flaca and Gorda. He graduated with an MBA in Marketing and Finance from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management in 1981.