{"id":1903,"date":"2021-09-03T14:17:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T14:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/citybridge.org\/?p=1903"},"modified":"2023-01-05T14:41:17","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T14:41:17","slug":"founder-spotlight-natalie-smith-ph-d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citybridge.org\/founder-spotlight-natalie-smith-ph-d\/","title":{"rendered":"Founder Spotlight: Natalie Smith, Ph.D"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page-hero offset\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/citybridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/triangle-accent.svg);\">\n  <div class=\"page-hero--inner container\">\n    <div class=\"page-hero--content animated\" data-anim-y=\"10\">\n      \n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">we incubate and invest <br>in the best ideas<\/h1>\n\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"page-hero--offset-image\">\n    <div class=\"animated\" data-anim-x=\"-10\" data-anim-delay=\"0.3\">\n      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/citybridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/triangle-accent.svg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citybridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/triangle-accent.svg 150w, https:\/\/citybridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/triangle-accent.svg 300w, https:\/\/citybridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/triangle-accent.svg 1024w, https:\/\/citybridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/triangle-accent.svg 1536w, https:\/\/citybridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/triangle-accent.svg 2048w, https:\/\/citybridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/triangle-accent.svg 335w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  \n<\/div>\n\n<style id=\"kb-rowlayout_ce7304-97\">@media all and (min-width: 768px){#kt-layout-id_ce7304-97 > .kt-row-column-wrap > .inner-column-1{flex:0 1 60%;-webkit-flex:0 1 60%;}#kt-layout-id_ce7304-97 > .kt-row-column-wrap > .inner-column-2{flex:0 1 40%;-webkit-flex:0 1 40%;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-rowlayout alignnone\"><div id=\"kt-layout-id_ce7304-97\" class=\"kt-row-layout-inner kt-layout-id_ce7304-97\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-2-columns kt-gutter-default kt-v-gutter-default kt-row-valign-top kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-m-colapse-left-to-right kt-mobile-layout-row  kt-custom-first-width-60  kt-custom-second-width-40 kb-theme-content-width\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column inner-column-1 kadence-column_354ba6-92\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/citybridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Headshot_NatalieSmith-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citybridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Headshot_NatalieSmith-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/citybridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Headshot_NatalieSmith-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citybridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Headshot_NatalieSmith-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/citybridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Headshot_NatalieSmith-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/citybridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Headshot_NatalieSmith-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/citybridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Headshot_NatalieSmith-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-medium-teal-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-transform:uppercase\">Founder Spotlight: Natalie Smith, Ph.D<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group post-meta is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"has-text-color has-medium-teal-color wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2021-09-03T14:17:00-04:00\">September 3, 2021<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/citybridge.org\/category\/alumni\/\" rel=\"tag\">Alumni<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Natalie found her calling in education while tutoring at an after-school program during college. After successful runs as a teacher and school leader in Prince George\u2019s County and DC, she became the head of school at Sela Public Charter School, the city\u2019s only Hebrew-language immersion school. Natalie launched Global Citizens Public Charter School, an elementary school that immerses children in Mandarin and Spanish as early as age three. Deeply committed to educational justice and well-versed in bringing together diverse communities of students, families, and teachers, Natalie is dedicated to creating equitable environments free of racial and class-based discrimination.<br><br>Natalie was a CityBridge Resident in 2019 and 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Founder Spotlight: Natalie Smith, Ph.D., Global Citizens PCS.\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CulWJZysm3U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Global Citizens is the first dual-language\u2014Mandarin and Spanish\u2014immersion school located east of the river. 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