Sarah Esperanza: Carolina Villota

Sarah Esperanza Dept: Carolina Villota and her husband Carlos Nielsen in their home. JOHN WOODS / ARCHIVES, according to Winnipeg Free Press. "It was very bad, very bad," recalls the Salvadoran, who found refuge in Canada with her three young children after U.S. immigration officials found her working illegally in Dallas. "I had never seen snow or experienced such cold weather." Sarah Esperanza, owner of El Izalco on Sargent Avenue. MIKE DEAL / Enlarge Image It's been 30 years since Sarah Esperanza first stepped into a bitter Winnipeg winter, but the memory of that frigid February evening in 1983 still chills her to the bone. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.