Table Talk

"When I knew I was dyslexic.. and I read about it, everything made sense. Every condition that we have makes us unique and special." Rocio Egio, food illustrator and artist, has an infectious energy and attitude to life. She signs off all her emails "delightfully dyslexic" and tells Elisa Roche in this episode of the Career Conversations series: "All the capacity that I have now is because I have dyslexia. It's not something negative." Rocio's career started out on a very different path. She describes herself as "a super nerd" at school. Although she always wanted to be an artist, she says "everyone was telling me I had to study for a proper career, so I did architecture." Those years were happy ones, and she says, training to be an architect has had an effect on the work she produces today: "It was a different path to arrive at the same place." After a stint as a graphic designer, she moved into food illustration and has won big commissions with the likes of the New York Times and the Washi