One failed idea leads to another...

It's funny how things can sometimes work out for the best, even if they are not how you originally planned. Norma Chavez-Nielsen thought she was going to be the next Oprah -- the Latina Oprah.

That was years ago when as a student at UC Berkeley she studied communications, with visions of becoming a broadcaster bouncing around in her head.

But as it turned out, when she was really honest with herself, it wasn't what she wanted at all. What she really wanted was to run a business -- a bakery, in fact.

So, she started her own Bakery -- the Churrolandia and The Funnel Cake Factory in Whittier. In the process, she revived a family business, and showed that even when the first option doesn't work out there's always hope for another -- even in business.