Alina Lopez, MBA 01, Managing Director, Dufflet Small Indulgences Inc., Toronto, B.Sc. Food Science, North Carolina State University Toronto MBA

TESTIMONIAL

Alina Lopez, MBA 01
Managing Director, Dufflet Small Indulgences Inc., Toronto
Nationality: Peruvian
B.Sc. Food Science, North Carolina State University
As an international student who knew very little about doing business in North America, my Canadian MBA provided me with the confidence and skills to succeed at anything I wanted to pursue professionally.

Now, I am taking a small business and expanding it across the country and to the export market, focusing on everything from the financials to marketing to packaging to customer service to business development.

It's a great, unfinished story, and my Rotman MBA has helped write the early chapters.

ABOUT THE CITY

North America's third-largest financial centre, Toronto is an international city rivaling New York and London for its diversity, cultural attractions and business opportunities. In addition to being known as Canada's financial services capital, "Hollywood North" and "Silicon Valley North", Toronto is home to at least ten major industry clusters, including aerospace, auto-
motive, biotechnology, health care, telecommunications, and tourism.
The financial, commercial and cultural capital of Canada, it is consistently ranked as one of the best cities in the world in which to study, work and live. Truly multicultural, it has a diverse population that speaks 140 languages. Its safe, clean streets, dynamic culture and entertainment, and four vibrant seasons make Toronto a worlds class city.
A gateway to North America, Toronto offers air access to 25 Canadian cities, and more than 80 American and international cities. Toronto ranked 14th in the world among cities with the best overall quality of living in a study released in March 2005 by Mercer HR.