Natalie Naranjo-Morett (she/her/ella) was born and raised in San Diego, California where she completed her Bachelor’s degree in history with an emphasis on Latin America at UC San Diego. She also has a double minor in anthropological-archaeology and psychology. Her parents immigrated from Tijuana, Mexico when Natalie was two years old, but her family continues to cross the border often to visit their extended family. Natalie grew up traveling throughout Mexico to vacation with her family and discovered a passion for history and learning about her culture from the local communities.

During her time in OHMA, Natalie was able to grow her skills in exhibit curation and discovered various ways she could provide a platform for Latin American native communities, specifically through collaboration. In past years, Natalie has interned at the San Diego Museum of Man, now known as the Museum of Us, where she was inspired to support Indigenous people in acknowledging and rewriting their history to better represent their culture and their community.