We Work For The Client — Not For The Check

Twenty-six years ago, Sandra Schlaupitz faced a choice that would define the rest of her life. A Latina mother of three — having left her bakery in Bolivia behind — she arrived in Naples, FL with no money, no English, and no documents, in a community where she knew no one and nothing was familiar.

Her first year in America, she rode a bicycle to work as a caretaker for the elderly. No car. No shortcuts. ...