About the Nara Brown Team, Realtors, Catalina Foothills Tucson AZ Real Estate

Nara’s passion for real estate started at a young age because her father was a custom home builder, and she grew up around the construction site. After moving to Tucson in 2000, Nara got her real estate license in 2001 and spent many years working as a site sales agent for local home builders. This gave Nara the opportunity to be involved with new communities throughout Tucson being built from the ground up. She has an in-depth knowledge of the entire building process from start to finish. This has given her a great experience for running a successful real estate team.

Nara enjoys interior design & renovation projects and has been renovating her own 1965 adobe in the Foothills for the past several years. She is also a fitness buff who loves skiing, yoga, hiking, and drinking an occasional glass of wine. Nara and her husband stay busy raising their two children ages.

University of Colorado Boulder

• BA - Psychology

Joanne grew up at the beach in San Clemente, California. While working at Air California the company asked if anyone would like to learn the new computer system that was arriving and only one person raised their hand. That started a long career in IT which included 5 years in the 90's traveling around the US and New Zealand installing hospital systems and spending the last 19 years in Ohio as a hospital CIO. When visiting her youngest son in Tucson she fell in love with the mountains and retired here in 2018. After buying a home in Oro Valley, Joanne decided she was too young to retire, got her real estate license and now works full-time as the Transaction Manager for the Nara Brown Team. Joanne enjoys traveling throughout the United States but her favorite trips to date were New Zealand, Ireland and the trip through the Panama Canal. Joanne has 2 sons and 3 grandsons who like to visit Arizona.

Valerie grew up in Massachusetts and made her way out west with a stop in Houston. She moved to Tucson in 1997 and purchased a home on the northwest side. She watched Oro Valley, Dove Mountain & Marana grow over the years as she worked in sales for an industrial tools & supplies company where she managed the Tucson & southern Arizona territory. Always having a love of real estate, Valerie got her license in 2013 & loves selling homes in NorthWest Tucson & the active adult communities, but she knows all of Tucson from Saddlebrooke Ranch to Vail from her previous career. When she is not busy helping Clients find the perfect home, Valerie enjoys interior design, classic rock and playing with her Shar-Pei dogs.

Genie was drawn to Tucson because she wanted to live the “Tucson Lifestyle." In her search for a new place to call home, she explored many different cities & states before moving to Tucson. Coming from California, she was looking for a lower cost of living, less traffic, and more open space. Here she found near-perfect weather to enjoy golfing and hiking while taking in the spectacular mountain views & the diverse wildlife. Genie decided to use the knowledge she gained from her own relocation experience, along with her skillset of helping guide people through tough life decisions, to start her real estate career in 2018. Genie specializes in helping buyers find the right community and the perfect home, so they can love Tucson as much as she does.

Fluent in Spanish

California State University – Chico

• MS & BA - Psychology

Growing up in Colorado, Kim frequently helped her mom who is a Real Estate Agent. When she moved to Tucson in 1997 she began her Real Estate career as an assistant. Licensed in 2001 she has worked as both an on-site sales agent for new homes as well as resale. She loves working with all stages of buyers-from first time home buyers, to helping people find their forever home. She enjoys building long-term relationships with her clients. Kim is married with 3 children and loves to travel, spend time with family and volunteer at her church.

Colorado State University

• BS - Consumer Sciences

A Tucson native with a background in Marketing, Marisela adds an extra edge to our approach, ensuring clients receive top-notch service tailored to the unique nuances of the Tucson real estate market. The Nara Brown Team is one of the most technically advanced real estate teams in Tucson Arizona. Over 90% of Buyers use the Internet while looking for a new home. Our website, SoldTucson.com, is one of the most widely used websites for the Tucson AZ real estate market, drawing Buyers from across the nation and the world. In our marketing materials, we highlight the features that make your house a home with eye catching digital photography and video and rich descriptions to gain the attention of qualified Buyers. We thoroughly analyze the current Tucson real estate market conditions so our clients buy or sell at a favorable price.