I’m Natalia, a New York-based graphic designer and social entrepreneur from Panama. I work across food & sustainability and arts & culture, naturally in search of values-first ideas that bring people together.



Experience

Agricultural Institute of Marin (California)
Designer

Pacific (New York)
Design Intern

Times New (New York)
Freelance Designer

Los Hijos de la Malinche (Mexico) 
Art Director



Education

School of Visual Arts (New York)
MFA Design
Eva Bruck Award Recipient

Shillington School of Graphic Design (New York)



Social Entrepreneurship

Cero (Panama)
Co-Founder, Creative + Communications Director

Panama’s first zero-waste store specializing in local, package-free food and home goods. Cero designed a new system of production and consumption that adapts to our community, where knowledge of sustainable and regenerative practices is far from established, but growing. 

La Colmena, a sub-brand of Cero, is a zero-waste farmers market established in support of local farmers, food artisans and entrepreneurs. 


Arte Nómada (Panama)
Co-Founder, Art Director + Cultural Manager

Art festival and platform for emerging Latin-American artists. Arte Nómada transformed non-conventional environments such as uninhabited houses and abandoned commercial spaces into temporary galleries for emerging art—an innovation in a country where traditional institutions often fail to represent and support young artists.




Hats I‘ve worn over the years

Photographer
Archivist
Event Planner
Curator
Art Collection Manager
Project Coordinator
Writer
Founder
Boss
Strategist
Panelist
Salesperson
Content Creator
Grantwriter
Shopkeeper
Bookkeeper
Host