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Natajia Miller

👤 Speaker
435 total appearances

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Mick Unplugged
Redefining Island Hospitality: Natajia Miller’s Story of Resilience

the world outside of my one by two mile island in Staniel Key.

Mick Unplugged
Redefining Island Hospitality: Natajia Miller’s Story of Resilience

You know what I mean?

Mick Unplugged
Redefining Island Hospitality: Natajia Miller’s Story of Resilience

So I got to experience so many different cultures.

Mick Unplugged
Redefining Island Hospitality: Natajia Miller’s Story of Resilience

I had one of my students was from Greece and had another from Iran, another from Germany, another from Saudi Arabia, a lot of from Sri Lanka.

Mick Unplugged
Redefining Island Hospitality: Natajia Miller’s Story of Resilience

So meeting and interacting and finding about finding out about all of their cultures just gave me this culture itch.

Mick Unplugged
Redefining Island Hospitality: Natajia Miller’s Story of Resilience

That could not be scratched.

Mick Unplugged
Redefining Island Hospitality: Natajia Miller’s Story of Resilience

So went to university, got my MBA, stayed in the U.S.

Mick Unplugged
Redefining Island Hospitality: Natajia Miller’s Story of Resilience

for a year.

Mick Unplugged
Redefining Island Hospitality: Natajia Miller’s Story of Resilience

Because fun fact, audience, when you're an international student, you get one year to work in the U.S.

Mick Unplugged
Redefining Island Hospitality: Natajia Miller’s Story of Resilience

And most of us have an American dream.

Mick Unplugged
Redefining Island Hospitality: Natajia Miller’s Story of Resilience

So we pray to God that we get that visa extended.

Mick Unplugged
Redefining Island Hospitality: Natajia Miller’s Story of Resilience

But in my case, I was working in the front office.

Mick Unplugged
Redefining Island Hospitality: Natajia Miller’s Story of Resilience

So immigration was like, you mean to tell me that in the 50 states of the United States of America, you can't find a front office agent?

Mick Unplugged
Redefining Island Hospitality: Natajia Miller’s Story of Resilience

And no.

Mick Unplugged
Redefining Island Hospitality: Natajia Miller’s Story of Resilience

So I had to come back home and I came back home and I literally Googled places where Bahamians can get a working visa.

Mick Unplugged
Redefining Island Hospitality: Natajia Miller’s Story of Resilience

And I applied every day, 100 jobs a day.

Mick Unplugged
Redefining Island Hospitality: Natajia Miller’s Story of Resilience

In every, Australia, Europe, Asia, all over.

Mick Unplugged
Redefining Island Hospitality: Natajia Miller’s Story of Resilience

And then I get an email to go from Dubai.

Mick Unplugged
Redefining Island Hospitality: Natajia Miller’s Story of Resilience

I thought it was spam.

Mick Unplugged
Redefining Island Hospitality: Natajia Miller’s Story of Resilience

I deleted it.