Meet our Empresarios: Paola Zarate Insurance

Hacienda CDC’s Empresarios programming supports entrepreneurs to start, grow, and scale their businesses. Read more about our featured Empresario and learn about our amazing community of small business owners.

Name of Business: Paola Zararte Insurance

Country of Origin: Mexico City, Mexico

Goals for the Business: Help customers identify the insurance coverage that best fits their needs.

Paola’s Story

Paola has a deep appreciation for family, which inspired her to follow in her entrepreneurial parents’ footsteps to open her own business. Originally she attended school in Mexico City, and eventually graduated from Washington State University, where she worked in the industry before starting her own insurance agency 6 years ago. She enjoys the flexibility and opportunity that business ownership offers, especially as she begins her own family and advances her career as a professional business woman.

About Paoala Zarate Insurance

Meet Paola Zárate , she is an affiliate of Farmers Insurance agency, providing services to organizations, individuals, families and businesses. Identifying an insurance disparity among newcomers to the United States, Paola Zárate insurance exists to inform the community of the benefits and importance of having insurance.  With a dedication to community prosperity, Paola offers insurance, retirement planning and much more. As your local Farmers® agent in Portland, OR, she help customers like you identify the insurance coverage that best fits your needs. This process is straightforward and personalized to help make you smarter about insurance. She has the knowledge and experience to help you better understand your coverage options--whether that's auto, home, life, renters, business insurance and financial services.

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