When Ximena González spent most of her early 20s dedicated to architecture, she never imagined she’d become a journalist.

Five years ago, Calgarian Lorelei Anselmo decided to quit her career as a financial analyst and become an English instructor.

It was Saturday Feb. 27 of 2010 in Santiago, Chile, when Maria Jose Neira was sleepless, Suddenly, she felt a tremor.

It’s been 10 years since Griselda Marquez first started baking Mexican craft bread, now she's doing it in Calgary.