Natalie was the first Latina to represent US Fencing in the Olympics. Born in California to Argentinian parents and raised in Arizona, Natalie has pivoted from fencing in order to throw her exceptional voice and energy into environmental causes — most prominently, protecting Oak Flat, the sacred Apache land near her hometown that is currently being threatened by Rio Tinto, the Australian mining giant.
Defending our homelands
ABOUT THE Organisation
Save Oak Flat is an alliance of Apache elders, community leaders, water warriors, artists, activists, and environmental scientists united against the planned copper pit mine in the Oak Flat region of Arizona. saveoakflat.org
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