For the last two years, Juan and Rossy Murguia have been living a dream that they've worked toward since they moved to the U.S. from Mexico more than a decade ago.

After working two jobs each and raising a family, they opened La Huerta International Market in Kent in 2005, spending about $50,000 to renovate an old clinic.

Today, their 5,400-square-foot market is a colorful display of success — exotic fruit spills out of large bins, myriad piñatas in all shapes and sizes hang from the ceiling and rows of shelves display sauces and snacks with labels written in Spanish. On a recent rainy weekday afternoon, the store is bustling with customers.

The Murguias, who met in the U.S. and have been married for seven years, say their sales have increased from about $50 a day when they opened to $10,000 on a good day. They plan to add a bakery and tortilla factory to their store by the end of the year and are scouting places in King County for another, much larger location. "If you don't take a risk, you won't be happy," said Juan Murguia, explaining why he and his wife decided to open the market.