She treats her eight-hour job both as a science and an art—but one with an unforgiving “deadline.” On a typical workday, May Cardenas, a 28-year-old biology graduate of the University of the ...

Caring for the dead isn't your usual vocation, but Blenheim woman Pip Wratt enjoys her time with the deceased. Reporter Jennifer Eder discovers why being an embalmer was Pip's first choice of career. ...