Small Business Today Magazine MAR 2015 IMPACT STONE DESIGN | Page 9

Irma and her beautiful and hardworking daughters prove that women in construction can be a “family affair!” Photo by Gwen Juarez.

changed. For Joel, it was love at first sight
but Irma had a boyfriend and didn’t like Joel
at all! Little by little, as Irma got to know
Joel, her feelings changed and in 1980, Joel
and Irma were married.
Irma had also grown up in Mexico, in Valle Hermoso,Tamaulipas. When she was 14,
her mother discovered they had family in
Texas. In addition, Irma’s mother learned
that their family was originally from the U.S.
but had moved to Mexico during the Great
Depression, affording Irma’s mother a U.S.
citizenship. Little did anyone know that
this was to be the beginning of a success