Meet Our Speakers: Mother Natalia

Mother Natalia entered Christ the Bridegroom Monastery, a Byzantine Catholic community in Northeastern Ohio in 2015 and made her life profession on September 26, 2021. As a military kid, Mother Natalia grew up in a variety of places from Cuba to Denver. She earned her B.S. in Engineering Physics from Colorado School of Mines. Her route to monasticism passed through urban missions both with A Simple House of Sts. Francis and Alphonsus and teaching high school math in the inner city. She co-hosts the What God Is Not podcast with Father Michael O'Loughlin and has been a frequent guest on Pints with Aquinas. A few of her great pleasures in life are hiking, running, and watching Star Trek (not at the same time).