She, Her, Ella

Favorite food:
Colombian breakfast
(hot chocolate, arepas, eggs)

Natalia Garzón Martínez

Consultant

Natalia is a storyteller, strategist, communicator, and artist who has experience working in the arts & culture nonprofit sector in Atlanta. Born in Bogotá, Colombia and raised in Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Panama, Natalia brings a multilingual and multicultural perspective to the work she engages with. She is invested in creative placemaking, community engagement, ethical development, and innovative storytelling. With extensive experience in organizational development, public humanities, literary translation, and qualitative research, Natalia is interested in finding creative solutions to strategic problems, and fostering ways to rebuild structures that benefit historically marginalized communities.

Natalia has worked with: the National Association of Latino Arts & Cultures, Atlanta BeltLine, Inc, City of Atlanta Council District 2, Atlanta Regional Commission, We Love Buford Highway, Latin American Association, and Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry, among others

Education

  • Bachelor of Arts in English/Creative Writing and French Studies

Skills

  • Board Development

  • Board Facilitation

  • Strategic Planning

  • Cultural Planning

  • Marketing & Communications

Memberships & Volunteer Service

  • Advisory Board Member for Alliance Theater

  • Advisory Board Member for Centro Latinx at Emory University

 

Accolades

  • House of Rep. Congressional Commendation Honoring Hispanic Heritage Month

  • Mrs. Renée Bray Prize for Year’s Best Work in French

Natalia has been featured in:

  • Your Story Your Stage for DreamHou$e play at the Alliance Theater

  • Spanish to French translations of María Mercedes Carranza El oficio de vivir poems for La Biblioteca de Escritoras Colombianas, Ministerio de Cultura de Colombia

  • Preparativos and Noche nuestra en Dubai poems on Círculo de Poesía