Natalie is currently enrolled in the LL.M. in Law and Technology. Her current research activities include a study of how ethical issues are taken into account in the application of the precautionary principle in science-based decision making, and a reconsideration of the patentability requirements of human genetic material, as this issue has never been considered by Canadian courts.

She completed the McGill University B.C.L./LL.B. Program in December 2004, the Law Society of Upper Canada Bar Admission Course during the summer of 2005, and will be clerking with the Federal Court of Appeal in 2006-2007. Natalie also received a B.Sc. in Biology from the University of Ottawa in 2000.

As a Research Assistant to Professor Valerie Steeves, she is currently working with a group of individuals on developing tools to teach privacy and anonymity issues to high school students. Last winter, she examined how Canadian courts have extended the right to privacy through their interpretation of tort and criminal law.

Her main area of interest is genetic privacy and the protection of health information. In the course of her law studies at McGill University, she wrote a paper entitled "Privacy Implications of the National DNA Data Bank", combining her background in the pure sciences with her interests in both criminal and privacy law. Her recent experience includes working at the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal, in the ATIP Office of Statistics Canada and as a clerk at the Cour du Québec.