Nafiseh Gonabadi received her master’s degree in hospitality management in 2017 from the Hilton College at the University of Houston. She also completed her Master of Business Administration (MBA) at the University of Houston- Victoria in 2020. While she was working on her education, she was able to gain industry experience with luxury hotels and restaurants. She spent most of her time with “Minuti Coffee”, where she worked for five years as the sales, marketing, and accounts manager.

Since June 2021, she has joined the Hilton hotel management team at the University of Houston, where she is responsible for the hotel’s sales and services accounting and revenue audits. Her personal belief is to always “go farther”- to find innovative ways to accomplish goals and to realize the full potential in every aspect of the professional career. Nafiseh loves drinking coffee and working out. Her happy place? Orange Theory Fitness!