Terra Giddings, 35

After growing up mostly in Tallahassee, then graduating from Florida State University, Terra Giddings jumped at a chance to move to Boston in 2004 after college. The lure of living in a big city for the first time overcame any doubts about winters.

Giddings had worked part time in an office job at a construction firm while in college, and in Boston she got a job with Suffolk Construction. She started at the bottom, pushing paper and making copies. Nine years and several promotions later, Giddings was back in the Sunshine State. First she worked in the firm’s Miami office, and in 2015, she relocated to Estero, tasked with helping Suffolk open a Florida West Coast office.