Christine Virost is a Registered Representative at Western & Southern Financial Group and a new NAIFA member.

She first entered the financial services industry when a recruiter reached out to her on LinkedIn to see if she would be interested in a career. While she had no prior industry experience, she was ready for change and jumped at the recruiter’s offer to train her.

Courtney Kastelic is a Senior Disability Sales Manager for Principal Insurance Company and a new NAIFA member. Growing up in a middle-class family, Kastelic became aware early on the stressful impacts money has on a family, which piqued her interest in the financial services industry.

Veronica Rodriguez specializes in property and casualty insurance at Gateway Insurance Group and is a new NAIFA member. Coming from the payday lending industry, she was thrilled to enter a field where she could continue helping people—this time without high interest rates and repossessions. Rodriguez is most passionate about helping people plan for the unexpected in order to prevent them from ending up in a position that forces them to borrow money at high interest rates.