Natasha Orbis

Education has always been very important to my family and me. Being a daughter of an accountant, financial education was also very important. He taught me the importance of managing money at a very young age. So when it came time after high school to choose a career path, it was a difficult decision to make. I got my Bachelor’s Degree in Special Education and then got my MBA in Finance at Florida International University.

NAF has been a part of my professional career since 2010. I first started my journey with NAF when I was a liaison for Educational Federal Credit Union to start a school branch that would be run by Academy of Finance students at Coral Gables Senior High School in Miami, FL. This opened my eyes to the possibility of teaching. I have always wanted to experience living abroad and so I decided to start my teaching career in Seoul, Korea teaching English. Korea has a lot of private English schools, so I was able to find a teaching position fairly quickly. It was a bit nerve recking at first, especially because I did not know the language. But, the students I was working with and a lot of my Korean co-workers spoke English. After a year in Korea  I came back to Coral Gables Senior High and became the AOF coordinator. As the Academy of Finance coordinator I learned the importance of empowering and inspiring students to Be Future Ready and I am honored to continue to be a part of that vision.