Alxio Portales, an engineer originally from Venezuela, may not have known in 2006 that her passion for baking would grow into a lucrative custom cookie manufacturing company when she emigrated to Canada. After almost twenty years of hard work and dedication, her business, Passion for Desserts, is now one of Markham's leading cookie producers, catering to customers all over Canada. A tribute to her perseverance, dedication, and the encouraging business environment Markham provides, Portales went from being a hobbyist baker to founding a rapidly expanding business. Alxio Portales's Transition from Engineer to Baker For Portales, baking had never been...