Rina Fermin

The Climb

Behind the bar, the work is built on rhythm, restraint, and speed of judgment. At Suria, Rina Fermin learned those terms in practice: steady hands, an unflustered presence, and the ability to read service without overplaying it. That early bartending work at Suria shaped the discipline that carries through her career, because the bar rewards composure as much as it rewards technique. The presidency of Association of Bartenders of Venezuela is the clearest marker of that progression. In Rina Fermin’s case, the role places her inside the country’s cocktail profession as someone entrusted with its standards and its direction. It is a position earned through consistency at the bar, where leadership is judged by how well a person can hold both craft and responsibility at once. The route from service to leadership is built on accumulation rather than a single break. For Rina Fermin, the early hours at Suria mattered because they established the habits that later support wider representation: attention, control, and the ability to work with others from a grounded position. Before a bartender can speak for a profession, the work has to be understood from the floor up.

Today

She bartended at Suria in Valencia. Today, as president of Association of Bartenders of Venezuela, Rina Fermin occupies a role that comes from doing the work at ground level. The line from Suria to the association runs through service practice: the pace of the bar, the discipline of repetition, and the credibility that comes from sustained presence. Her career is defined by that steady movement from the counter to the broader responsibilities of professional leadership.

Career - President — Association of Bartenders of Venezuela - Bartender — Suria

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