About Trina

Grayson

Born in Jacksonville, Trina O'Connell is a proud native Floridian. From a young age, she had to overcome adversity. She moved from place to place including a stay in foster care until she was adopted by her paternal grandparents on her 7th birthday. Her grandparents taught her that in order to live abundantly that she must first give generously. When Trina was 18 she moved to Tampa. She graduated from the University of South Florida with a Bachelor of Science degree in business management.

Trina was introduced to Northwestern Mutual in 2014 and through her relationship with Christ was led to dedicate her skills to helping families with financial planning. She is particularly inspired to assist families with special needs children, in honor of her sister Amanda, who had multiple disabilities and sadly passed in 2005.

Trina is very close to her extended family and enjoys being an aunt to her 8 nieces and nephews. Trina is a proud USF Alumna and is active in several local non-profits. She currently resides in St Pete with her husband, Austin, and her cat, Grayson.

Trina & Austin

Trina & Austin

Lending a hand in my community

As part of Northwestern Mutual, I'm proud to help accelerate the search for better childhood cancer treatments while supporting families undergoing treatment, and survivors from late effects. Here are some of the organizations we partner with:

Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer (ALSF)

ALSF funds cancer research, raises awareness, and supports the families of children with cancer. Since 2012, Northwestern Mutual, its employees, and financial professionals like me have donated more than $20 million to support ALSF and fund over 400,000 research hours.

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Alex's Lemonade Stand logo

Kiwanis Club of Tampa

Kiwanis is an international organization dedicated to improving the world one child and one community at a time. Locally, the Kiwanis Club of Tampa has spent over a century creating opportunities for children to be curious, safe and healthy regardless of the community in which they live. Our members build residential accessibility ramps, reading rooms to promote literacy, host immunization events, purchase holiday gifts for children in need, provide scholarships, and work with leadership clubs in schools at the middle school, high school and college level. Additionally, our foundation has contributed more than $2 million over the last sixty years. We are generous with our time. We are creative with our ideas. We are passionate about making a difference — and we have fun along the way.

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Kiwanis Tampa logo

Volunteering with Kiwanis

Every year, the Kiwanis Club Tampa partners with the Incredible Duck Race to raise funds for local children. It's always a blast!

Tampa Duck Race

Our areas of expertise

Who we work with:

  • Multicultural families & immigrants
  • Established families
  • Female executives
  • Business owners

What we specialize in:

Business Planning

Charitable Planning

Estate Planning

Multigenerational Planning

Planning for Special Needs

Retirement Planning & Income Strategies

Tax-Efficient Strategies