Natalie Smith

Natalie Smith is a junior at Union University studying to graduate with a public relations major and a marketing minor. Natalie has written articles for Cardinal and Cream, a student publication and played two years of college basketball at Union University. She volunteers with Arise Jackson, a tutoring program for second graders in the inner city schools and is an assistant middle school basketball coach at the University School of Jackson.

Natalie is from Memphis, Tennessee where she was born and raised in the same house. She grew up with an older brother who eventually became her best friend. Her family spent Sunday mornings in the back pew of a small Baptist church and Sunday evenings playing backyard baseball with the family at her grandparent’s house.

Natalie enjoys long runs with her puppy, Lucy. She enjoys small settings with close friends and thoughtful conversations accompanied with a tall Iced White Mocha from Starbucks. She gets excited about April showers that bring May flowers but her favorite time of the year is the Fall.