Natalie Valpiani

Natalie graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a double major in international studies and French. She was recognized by the Atlantic Coast Conference for her academic and athletic excellence, performing all four years as a varsity gymnast. Natalie worked for various campus organizations on fundraising and marketing activities designed to promote campus participation in community service. At the 2003 Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery, she presented Quit Playing, You’ll Spoil your Dinner! The Impact of Youth Sports on Childhood Eating Behaviors, a paper which was published in Nurture. She interned at Minnesota FoodShare, volunteered in Tanzania on HIV prevention and rural resource management, and served as a trip leader for a mission to Miacatlan, Mexico, a freshman mentor, and a math tutor for disabled children.

Field placement: Community Farm Alliance

Louisville, Kentucky

Policy placement: Catholic Charities USA

Alexandria, Virginia