Natalie Narváez is a Research Project Coordinator for the NatCap TEEMs Research Center. Through her role, she supports a diverse portfolio of research activities and projects led by NatCap TEEMs members, including Global GEP and Nature's Value in Reducing Flood Risk Impacts in the Upper Mississippi River Basin. She helps drive the teams she works with toward their project goals and also supports NatCap TEEMs administratively. Natalie is concurrently completing her Master's in the Bioproducts and Biosystems Science, Engineering, and Management Program at the University of Minnesota. 

In 2023, she received a Bachelor of Individualized Studies from the University of Minnesota, with concentrations in Earth Science, Psychology, and Environmental Science, Policy, & Management. Natalie’s experience across a wide variety of disciplines helps her to support the NatCap TEEMs researchers and projects that she works with. Before starting her current role, she worked as a Research Project Manager for the Knowledge Initiatives team at the Institute on the Environment. In her free time, she enjoys learning, hiking, and scuba diving in Lake Superior.