During the pandemic, Nati realized that she could combine her passion for shoemaking with her love for teaching and connecting with people. That was enough to make her quit her job and start Boilera, a workshop where people with no experience can build their own shoes from scratch.

She’s clear that this wasn’t part of some previous plan. “I never thought I’d become an entrepreneur,” she says, “but God kept putting people in my path to help me, and He also gave me the confidence to dive into the project.” That trust is also what shapes how she works day to day. Rather than treating meaning as something to find later, once the business succeeds or the goals are met, she looks for God in the present.

That shows up most clearly when she talks about the parts of her job she doesn’t enjoy: admin work, spreadsheets, difficult conversations. Instead of just pushing through it, she’s learned to ask what God might be offering her through it. In this video, she talks about the decision to start Boilera and what it means to look for God in the everyday work of running it.