Monique calls herself a professional volunteer. Currently she is President Elect of the AIPEUC National. Some of her most significant appointments have been as President of: The California Medical Association Alliance and the Orange County Medical Association Alliance, the Association of Peruvian Institutions in the United State of American and Canada California/Los Angeles Chapter. Because of her dedication as a volunteer she has received special recognition as Volunteer of the year by the Orange County Medical Association Alliance, a proclamation by "State General Assembly of the Sate of Connecticut". In Peru she was honored by the Consejo Por La Paz with the "Maria Elena Mollano" award. Diploma al Merito otorgado por el Congreso de la Republica del Peru, por su destacada labor y constante colaboracion por resaltar los valores de la peruanidad en las comunidades de peruanos en el exterior, 2005; Reconocimiento del Estado de California por su dedicacion en promover la cultura peruana, 2005. Monique's interests in photography, writing and publishing are new adventures for her. In the six years as an artistic photographer, she has received numerous international awards. Most prominent are: the Wallflower Gallery in Miami, Florida; the Broward County Library, Broward, Florida; the Peruvian Association of Broward, Broward, Florida; the Metropolitan Dade County Museum, Florida. Monique has exhibited her works in various part of the globe. United States at the Museum Latino of History, Art and Culture of Los Angeles, California; the Hispanic Museum Latino Americano of Miami, Florida; the Cultural Art Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, Florida; the World Trade Center, New York City, New York; the Botanic Gardens, St. Louis, Missouri. Europe at the Peruvian Embassy, Le Monde Des Amériques, and City Hall of the IX District in Paris, France. South America at the cultural Center Chávez de la Rosa; the National University of San Agustin, Arequipa; the Museum Joaquín López, Antay; the National University of San Cristóbal de Huamanga, Ayacucho; the Museum Manuelita Sáenz, Lima; the National University Federico Villareal, Lima; the Architecture Faculty, Lima; and at the Peruvian Congress of the Peruvian Government, Lima. In 2002 she published her second book, Visions of Peru, in dedication to her father. In 2005 she published her Third book, Sun and Shadow. She is now looking forward to the publication of her new book "Doors and Windows".
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Monique Pineda is French born and fluent in French, Spanish and English. Her childhood was spent in Europe and South America, primarily Lima, Peru where she met her Peruvian-American neurosurgeon husband of forty-five years. She is the mother of four grown children and five grandchildren. 
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