WOMEN OF SUBSTANCE & STYLE
Isabel de la Cruz Ernst is certainly a global citizen. She was born in New York City to Cuban parents, and spent most of her growing years in Madrid, Spain before her family moved to Key Biscayne, Fl. She attended high School in Switzerland before moving to Washington to study at Georgetown University, where she obtained a double major in French and Italian and a minor in Business. She was one the first Latinas to earn an MBA from Georgetown University. Isabel is a devotee of history and the arts; in fact, she lovingly restored the historic Hillandale Mansion as her home, where she lives with her husband, Ricardo, a Georgetown University professor, and their four children. After the reconstruction and redecoration, she established her own real estate development company, Ernst Development, which is a refection of her own aesthetic as it aims renovate and build very contemporary but thoroughly livable spaces. Her work has been published in many local and international magazines. She is also a member of the Washington National Opera Board and dedicates a significant part of her time to charitable work with organizations such as Refugees International, the Seed School and Innocents at Risk. She and her husband are avid collectors of contemporary art and are loyal supporters of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.
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