Rebecca Roberts says she has always found a way to make things work.

The latest Women to Watch honoree may not be the principal ballerina she dreamed of becoming before a torn ACL set her on a new path, but as principal of strategic initiatives at CFCU Community Credit Union, she said she has never been happier getting up each day to go to work.

"If someone had told me five years ago that I'd be an executive at a credit union, I would've looked at them like they were insane," she joked. "It's not the field or industry I envisioned, but now, it's one I can't imagine not being a part of."

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