Patty Arvielo has become her family's American dream. As a first-generation Hispanic, she grew up cleaning real estate offices with her mother, an immigrant from Mexico, and now has been leading her own mortgage company for over two decades helping others achieve their own American dreams of owning a home.'Anything that this country has told me I had to have to be successful—I run counter to that,' she told Newsweek.
'Having both a male and female head of the company helps to find balance among employees. Arvielo said the company culture is the thing she's the proudest about.'We don't have a 'bro culture,'' she said. 'I'm very clear that the men are really the champion of the women.'Arvielo said NAF is a purpose-driven, mission-driven company—which she said attracts younger workers and employees of all backgrounds.