Nathalia is a PhD student with a Fulbright-Capes scholarship at the University of Pittsburgh investigating sustainability in healthcare. She is an environmental engineer with experience in consulting for sustainability and waste management. Shas done research on Plastics recycling chains in the past and collaborated on several research projects, including Unicamp, USP, UFES, University of Leeds. She is also a founding member of the International Solid Waste Association Young Professionals Group, which gave her great experience collaborating on global projects.