Natalie Dickson
Academic Advisor
College of Arts and Sciences
Natalie's Coaching Mindset: "I believe coaching utilizes deep listening to empower students seeking to build a happy, healthy, and successful future.
Higher Education Background:
- Bachelor's- Anthropology and African American Studies, The University of Oklahoma.
- Master's- African American Studies, UCLA
- MPH in Community Health Studies, UCLA
Interests and Hobbies:
- Cooking new dishes.
- Hiking.
- Traveling.
Top Life Defining Moments in Higher Education:
- Being encouraged to pursue graduate school by a professor that I really admired and respected (in my freshman year!)
- Receiving the Gilman scholarship to study abroad in Tanzania.
- Becoming a McNair Scholar and embracing my first-generation identity. Having the courage to accept UCLA's offer of admission and move across the country to pursue a graduate program.
While in college, I experienced:
- Balancing work and school.
- Financial Stress.
- Being a first-generation college student.
- Overcoming daily challenges through resiliency.
- Other- Grappling with the oppressive structures of racism, sexism, classism, and homophobia that arise in daily life.
