Natalia Ariza

Natalia Ariza is a second-year MBA candidate at the Yale School of Management. She began her career with ExxonMobil’s Refining & Supply, where she worked as a global supply chain analyst, and a reliability engineer at a plant. Parallel to her work experience, Natalia has been heavily involved in the advancement of U.S. Latinos in STEM through her lifetime membership affiliation with the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers. Moreover, in the past two summers, she worked with Agruppa, a World Bank sponsored agribusiness start-up in Colombia, and the poverty reduction team at the United Nations Development Program – Mexico. On campus, Natalia serves on the executive board of the Association of Hispanics and Latin American Students, and is a proud recipient of the Forté fellowship. She plans to expand her economic development interest in Latin America through the organization of the first ever Latin America Business Conference at the School of Management. Natalia graduated Magna Cum Laude as an industrial engineer at Florida State University. She is originally from Bogotá, Colombia, and grew up in Miami, FL. She enjoys playing soccer, learning German, and cultural exchange trips to her home country.