For 25 years, ABQ Tours has led locals and visitors through Albuquerque, mixing history, mystery, and storytelling into an experience that keeps people of all ages coming back.

Finding your purpose doesn’t always happen on the first try. Sometimes it takes time, experience, and knowing when to change directions when the right opportunity appears. For Carissa Mitchell, that moment didn’t come until later in life—but when it did, it changed everything.

I remember sneaking away in high school to a nearby park with friends, swinging on the swings, and singing Melissa Etheridge and the...