How do immigrant women contract a new identity in a region with low-density immigation where they are confronted with the challenge of adapting to a new socio-cultural and professional environment? For such women, professional intregation is determined not only by major shifts in the structure of employment, but also by the fact that immigration itself is an important cultural transition. Socio-professional adaptation is part of the ungoing life process within which professional, social, and personal ambitions come into conflict. We shall examine representations of identity in relation to this process of social integration. We shall also look at strategies used by women in overcoming obstacles.