How An Immigrant Turned Uncertainty Into Opportunity
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What challenges did Katya face as an immigrant?
bulgaria is like an incommunistic country you're not good enough this is the message you're not good enough you better tone it down that is the message that you grow up with and look at you now look where it's led you to yeah well yeah one thing leads to another you never know this is the way to tell my story maybe it's meant to be so i'm just gonna roll with it and it was a Katya Borisova is a strategic growth-driven real estate professional, investor, and certified appraiser based in Arizona. Drawing from her journey from corporate leadership into real estate entrepreneurship, she helps investors, homeowners, and industry professionals make confident decisions through valuation expertise, market insight, and a passion for building long-term wealth.
tell this to people all the time it feels like you're on on a path and something keep putting like a stone to step on to cross that river like that means you're on the right path you don't say no you just go you step on it and you keep moving i don't know where it's leading i have no no big business no big brand no nothing that doesn't matter to me i'm like if i can inspire one person hearing me talk and say you know what i think if she can do it i can treat you
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Welcome to another episode of the Living Your Legacy podcast for Inside Success. I am Ray Gutierrez. Joining me today is another amazing woman in power, Katya Barisova. I've got some show notes. She is the founder of a Bulgarian school and grew a real estate portfolio to create opportunities for others while staying true to her values. Katya, wow, what an intro. How does it feel?
Feels grande, but I'm just a woman in power.
That's all, folks. That's it. so so no obviously my love welcome to the show you literally finish filming your episode all smiles i hope these are real smiles and not just loony smiles does it look like a little bit of both this is reality so welcome welcome to your reality welcome thank you what are we going to learn about you in your episode
Oh, my goodness. Well, I guess you're going to learn that I'm a Bulgarian. It's obvious by my heavy accent. I came to this country without speaking the language, so it kind of stuck with me. I was really trying initially to speak proper with not having the accent. Very quickly realized that this is not me, and I will be me. And you'd rather take it or leave it type of a thing. But what I found out also through the years is that I obviously interact with a lot of people from different cultures and accents. And I hear them and I'm like, oh my gosh, this sounds so good. So then I started realizing what people were telling me. Oh, you have a beautiful accent.
Yes, you do.
I had someone once tell me that if I hear it on the radio, I would always know it's you. You don't have to show your face.
Of course. I'm like, okay. Being, you know, unique is not a bad thing sometimes.
How is that working out for you, being so unique?
No, I mean, the accent almost opens doors. Like, sometimes, like, I would go to a conference and just, I would say a couple of words and people naturally will start asking, hey, where are you from? It's such an easy, you know, you know, open of conversation.
It's beautiful.
It's just very easy.
It's awesome. So what is it that you do with this amazing accent? Yeah.
How did Katya transition from corporate leadership to entrepreneurship?
Witchcraft, poetry, songwriting.
None of that, unfortunately. I'm a creative soul.
I love creativity, but I used to write some poetry, but I was young. That's not happening anymore. I sing in my own language. Beautiful. The accent, there is no accent because it's my language. But yeah, no, I have a school. And so I am very in love with my culture and where I come from. I grew up, you know, with history was a big portion, big subject in school.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What challenges did Katya face as an immigrant?
0:00–4:02
2
How did Katya transition from corporate leadership to entrepreneurship?
4:02–6:12
3
What inspired Katya to start a Bulgarian school?
6:12–7:45
4
How does Katya's cultural background influence her work?
7:45–9:54
5
What lessons has Katya learned about resilience and self-belief?
9:54–12:00
6
How does Katya define success in her journey?
12:00–15:05
7
What role does community play in Katya's life and work?
15:05–18:08
8
What advice does Katya offer to others facing uncertainty?
18:08–19:44
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