Nathalie Sánchez is an interdisciplinary artist, social justice arts educator, and arts advocate raised and rooted in Los Angeles. At VPAM, Nathalie provides leadership and support to the Museum Studies Certificate Program at East Los Angeles College, an academic and professional development program aimed at cultivating a new generation of museum professionals. Nathalie firmly believes in the transformative power of arts education and community. She has developed and led visual arts and museum education programs at ArtworxLA, Avenue 50 Studio, ESMoA, Fowler Museum at UCLA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA), and P.S. ARTS. In 2016, she founded the Art Education + Social Justice Book Club with over 300 members internationally. She graduated with her B.A. in Art History and Studio Arts with an emphasis in education from Loyola Marymount University and received her M.F.A. in Public Practice from Otis College of Art and Design.