Natalia Ureña-Tregillis graduated magna cum laude from the University of California, Los Angeles with Highest Departmental Honors in Global Studies and a minor in Asian Languages. During her time at UCLA, Natalia became involved in international relations and conflict resolution. Natalia served as an Intern at the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations, a Research Intern at the UCLA Center for Middle Eastern Development, and a Roslyn and Abner Goldstine Undergraduate Fellow at the UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies. At the Nazarian Center, Natalia gained invaluable knowledge about Israel's place in the Middle East and information on the conflict over Israel–Palestine for her senior thesis. Post graduation, Natalia is working as an Account Executive at Joele Frank in New York City.