Development Coordinator | natalie@youngdiplomats.ca

Binbrook, ON

Natalie Schmuck is a global health professional with a background in biomedical science, global health, and health policy. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Science from the University of Guelph and a Master of Science in Global Health from McMaster University. She also spent a semester abroad in the Netherlands studying global health policy redesign.

She has experience working across international development and health initiatives through her internship with World Vision Canada, where she contributed to the REACTS-IN program, strengthening resilience and improving health, nutrition, and social outcomes across Bangladesh, Kenya, Tanzania, and Somalia.

 Natalie has continued to pursue her interest in diplomacy through an executive course in Global Health Diplomacy at the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health. Her interests include global health governance, health financing, and noncommunicable diseases, with a particular focus on the geopolitics of intellectual property and trade negotiations surrounding health and vaccine technologies.

Outside of her professional pursuits, she enjoys coaching figure skating, being active, and pursuing creative projects.