Natalie was born and raised in San Diego. She earned a BA in Politics and History from UC Santa Cruz and worked in outdoor education, politics, and writing before starting as an AC at High Tech High. In 2021, Natalie went through the Teacher Resident Program at the HTH GSE where she was a resident at High Tech High, in an 11th-grade Humanities class. She earned her Masters in Education in 2022 from the HTH GSE. She has been at High Tech Middle in 6th-grade Humanities since 2022. She believes that education and literacy cultivate democracy, agency, and societal change.