Natalie Rivas

Project-Based Team

Natalie (she/her) is a Miami-based bilingual strategist, facilitator, and policy advocate with over a decade of experience advancing climate resilience, public engagement, and equity across Florida and beyond. She has led impactful programs in the nonprofit, corporate, and public sectors, including building a national model policy hub that serves over 300+ advocacy groups and sitting on the Miami-Dade Climate and Heat Health Task Force. Natalie served as a global education and science ambassador for the U.S Peace Corps in Cameroon and continues to mentor young girls abroad. Her passion is bridging community-building, storytelling, and policy analysis, with a focus on amplifying voices often excluded from decision-making. In 2025, Natalie partnered with Change Narrative to support Rising Within: A Meditation for the Future, a one-episode podcast, and contributed to the program design and facilitation of a community-based workshop of the same name, which she piloted during the 2025 Florida Climate Week with support from the VoLo Foundation. She currently supports Change Narrative’s work as a project-based partner.