Maria Garate-Lavalle is a third-generation Coronado real estate specialist with Douglas Elliman, working from 1715 Strand Way, Suite 202, steps from the Coronado Shores towers where she concentrates her luxury practice. Her grandmother immigrated from Mexico to Coronado in 1985 and built a multi-decade real estate career on the island, a legacy continued by Maria's mother Olga Lavalle from the same Strand Way office—three generations of Orange Avenue market intelligence feeding into every transaction. She holds an Economics degree from a Japanese university and a Business degree from San Diego State University, and the San Diego Business Journal named her a Leader of Influence in 2023, 2024, and 2025 while Douglas Elliman ranks her in its top three percent nationwide. Bilingual in Spanish and English and born in Mexico City, she maintains a global client network spanning Latin American, European, and Asian investors seeking Coronado Island luxury condos, with wealth-management coordination for high-value closings routed through advisors at Don Woodhouse at Raymond James on C Avenue. Her highest-tier transactions involve Coronado Shores penthouse units with panoramic views of Hotel Del Coronado and San Diego Bay, multi-unit 1031 exchange chains, and Coronado Beach-adjacent properties requiring complex HOA governance documentation across the 92118 market.