Natalia Fairuzov

Natalia is a full-time Rice MBA student with an expected graduation date of May 2026. She serves as a first-year representative of the Rice Energy Finance Summit and a member of the Energy and Cleantech Association. She obtained her degree in Chemical Engineering in 2020 from Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City. Natalia is a Forté Fellow and was awarded the Enbridge Scholarship Fund.

Before joining Rice, Natalia worked as a Project Manager at GTAC, a telecommunications company, where she led service delivery and transformational projects for key clients. Additionally, Natalia was a co-owner of a service company specializing in multiphase technology for the oil and gas industry.

Outside of work and academics, Natalia enjoys cooking, hiking, figure skating, scuba diving, traveling internationally, and volunteering for sea turtle rescue.