Kristin Colazas-Rodriguez, owner of Colossus Bread, which has one location in San Pedro and is opening another in Long Beach. (Josh Solis)
If you had told Kristin Colazas-Rodriguez five years ago that she would one day become a major player in the Long Beach bread scene, she probably would ve rolled her eyes and shrugged it off.
After earning a bachelor s degree in history and economics from Cal State Long Beach, she spent three years working as a pastry cook, sous chef and bread baker, first in Los Angeles then in the San Francisco fine-dining world. The experiences were a crash course in the highs and lows of the restaurant business.