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Her husband's name is Rafael Nadal, her eldest son Rafa Nadal and her nephew Rafa Nadal. María Barceló is a businesswoman, "influencer" and also the tennis player's political aunt, although of her name and her relationship, she assures, "I have never taken advantage of it". She arrives punctual to the appointment, smiling and without any taboo subject even though she makes it clear that her privacy "is sacred". Only a year and a half after opening a profile on Instagram "to try", she already has more than a hundred thousand followers, dozens of companies with which she collaborates and has a communication manager to attend to the media that ask for her. She also had to hire a "community manager" to manage her social networks, but in the end "followers realize that you are no longer behind and what they are looking for is closeness".Who is María Barceló?I studied law and then I passed the civil service exams to become a court officer and they gave me a position in the courts of Manacor, where I worked for more than sixteen years until my little son was born. At that time I decided to quit because it was impossible for me to reconcile my job with the guards and night shifts. I took a risk and spent some time taking care of my children. Then my younger sister came along with the idea of converting an old family house into an agritourism and I joined the adventure. Today it is run by an Australian couple and we are very happy with the way they run the business. After that, I found that I had a lot of time for myself and I thought about what I could do in terms of work but related to the world of fashion, which has always fascinated me. That's how I told my son to open a...