She grew up on the East Coast of Canada in Rothesay, New Brunswick. She spent 4 years completing an undergraduate degree in Anatomy and Cell Biology at McGill University in Montreal before working in Breast Cancer research at Women’s College Research Institute in Toronto, Ontario. Natalia moved to Vancouver in 2013 to pursue a degree in Nursing at the University of British Columbia. She also completed her Nurse Practitioner Degree at the University of British Columbia.

Natalia spent six years working at St Paul’s Hospital in Acute Medicine. Beginning as a bedside nurse, she pursued training in chemotherapy administration and high acuity care. She eventually moved into a leadership role, supporting the St. Paul’s Medicine department as a Clinical Nurse Leader.

Natalia places emphasis on continuous quality improvement in her practice and strives to provide excellent evidence based, culturally safe care to her patients.

Natalia has volunteered her time setting up medical clinics in remote areas of Panama, supporting the Canucks for Kids Foundation, coaching youth soccer, and starting a charitable organization that distributed used soccer balls internationally to impoverished areas of the world.

Natalia is passionate about music with training in both classical voice and piano. In her spare time, you can find her singing with her former nursing colleague’s band, Colour Tongues. While her coaching and playing days are over, she enjoys watching soccer and supporting her favourite player Lionel Messi, both pitchside and behind the TV screen. While she loves to spend time in the mountains hiking and skiing, you can usually find her near the ocean, whether at Kits beach or exploring international waters.