Nadine Barrientos-Daoud is a native of San Antonio, Texas and has been in the insurance industry for over 25 years.  She started her career at USAA and then eventually left and opened to start her own independent insurance agency,  "The Barrientos Group". She volunteered for various organizations at USAA from helping at children's shelters to seniors at the community centers.  She was an English translator at Lackland AFB for the ESL program.  While spending the last 20+ years as a female minority owned business she still made time for her two children and social organizations. She has a passion for travel and the ART's especially music being that her daughter, Alaya is a local singing talent and keeps busy with her teenage son.  She has a fascination for the mortgage industry and decided to become licensed and work in the industry.  Her motto is to keep persistent and to never give up hope or your dreams.  She is an advocate for promoting health and well being.