Natalie is the Research and Advocacy Coordinator at The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, (MAPS). She works to end federal obstruction of medical marijuana research. Recently, she has focused on pressuring the Department of Health and Human Services to end the Public Health Service (PHS) protocol review, an extraneous, redundant review that exists only for marijuana and has served to block research for over a decade. Natalie also helps with recruitment and training development for researchers in MAPS’ clinical trials. Before MAPS, Natalie served as a Policy Fellow at the Drug Policy Alliance, where she helped legalize medical marijuana in her home state of New York through grassroots organizing, advocacy and lobbying. At DPA, Natalie also worked to end New York’s racist marijuana arrests. Natalie earned her Masters from the Columbia School of Social Work, and her BA in History from Yale.