The second round Mission Chef finalists get schooled on the strict hygienic requirements of the kitchen.

Life has taught each one of these underprivileged, young parents who aspire to be chefs to fight for what they want and try to do their best for their children. Now, the time has come to show what they're willing to do to take it one step further.

One of the instructors from Mission Chef explains what cooking means to him as well as the discipline required to cook professionally.

Stripped of all their adornments, the Mission Chef participants are ready to be evaluated by a professional chef.

The contestants are divided into groups of three to begin the task of preparing a dish to be graded by their mentors.

The Mission Chef competitors learn about various spices and prepare for their timed food preparation test.

Mission Chef contestants have only thirty minutes left to prepare a dish for evaluation by a professional chef.

The cooking is underway in this Misión Chef competition and team members are already getting in trouble for not sticking to their portion of the meal.

Now comes the moment of truth: The Mission Chef students have prepared their dishes and their instructor will evaluate them with brutal honesty. Who will make the final team?

Catalina Garcia, lead singer of the Colombian music group, "Monsieur Periné," talks a bit about the group's origins and influences.

Deep in the heart of Old San Juan you can hear live salsa music playing most any night at the Nuyorican Cafe. We stepped into the alley for a breather and had a little chat with two lovely salseras to get an insider view of what brings them back to the dance floor night after night.

Meet Alberto from Otavalo, Ecuador, who has sold his handmade bracelets throughout the world.

Meet Manuel Leon, an Ecuadorian artist who makes effigies for the "Año Viejo" tradition which symbolically brings in the New Year by burning them as representations of the negative aspects of the past one.

Natalia from Ecuador introduces us to the largely indigenous and extremely fascinating city of Otavalo, considered to be the "intercultural capital" of Ecuador.

Meet Cesar Flores, the owner of the Kory Malku Andean shoe store in Otavalo, Ecuador.