{"id":33,"date":"2025-04-24T20:40:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T20:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nataliesnarratives.com\/?page_id=33"},"modified":"2025-04-25T12:27:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T12:27:17","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nataliesnarratives.com\/?page_id=33","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Natalie Lee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/preview.redd.it\/v6lso4uwzufy.jpg?width=1080&amp;crop=smart&amp;auto=webp&amp;s=553b759ce0e8079b7996c17938c0a2007d3581e4\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>My name is Natalie Lee. I was born and raised in the outer suburbs of Washington, D.C., with my six family members: my mom, dad, stepmother, and siblings\u2014Seth, Rachel, and Alex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Growing up in Virginia, I was instilled with a sense of pride in the public education system, rooted in the idea that Virginia was one of the first states. From grade school onward, there was a strong emphasis on state and local history, which continued to grow throughout my education. Leading up to my final year of high school, I took an applied history class that focused on the practical aspects of researching historical artifacts and conducting ancestry research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve always possessed a unique passion for collecting old historical relics. For instance, I would purchase encyclopedias from the1950s spotting the differences from modern maps such as the exclusion of Alaska and Hawaii which weren\u2019t adopted as states by this point. Having that physical piece of ephemera in my possession was remarkable surviving through historical events over the years. My passion for local, niche, and cultural history and interest in maps culminates into me pursuing a marriage between the study of History and discipline of Geographic Information Systems (GIS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>GIS has given me the confidence to pursue history as a career and dive into the digital sphere. I am continuing my education at the University of Mary Washington to work closely with professors and peers, and feed my love for our complex and ever changing world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Natalie Lee My name is Natalie Lee. I was born and raised in the outer suburbs of Washington, D.C., with my six family members: my mom, dad, stepmother, and siblings\u2014Seth, Rachel, and Alex. Growing up in Virginia, I was instilled with a sense of pride in the public education system, rooted in the idea that &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nataliesnarratives.com\/?page_id=33\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;About Me&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-33","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nataliesnarratives.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nataliesnarratives.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nataliesnarratives.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nataliesnarratives.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nataliesnarratives.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/nataliesnarratives.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69,"href":"https:\/\/nataliesnarratives.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33\/revisions\/69"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nataliesnarratives.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}