Natalia is a Social Entrepreneur, Intercultural Facilitator and Communications Strategist who partners with public, private and non-profit sectors to create safe spaces for people of diverse cultural and socio-economic backgrounds to meaningfully connect.
Born in Poland, she currently resides in Hamburg, Germany. In response to the growing need for purposeful human relationships during the Covid-19 pandemic, Natalia founded Kontakt Kollektiv. Through inclusive projects and events, the initiative fosters mental well-being, civic engagement, and integration of people of various backgrounds and abilities in society, decreasing discrimination and inequalities.
She is a strategy advisor to ChangemakerXchange and a trained intercultural and online facilitator. Natalia has led community and leadership development initiatives for refugees in Malaysia (UNHCR), youth in Latin America and Europe (AIESEC), Canada and African-American minority in Florida (ITTS). Her projects have been recognized by various levels of the Canadian government.
Natalia believes that sustainable impact and leadership development require working alongside community members.
OccupationFounder & Managing Director, Kontakt Kollektiv
Mini BioNatalia is a Social Entrepreneur, Intercultural Facilitator and Communications Strategist who partners with public, private and non-profit sectors to create safe spaces for people of diverse cultural and socio-economic backgrounds to meaningfully connect.
QuoteMy desire for this and the next generation of women is to embrace the power they have within to lead with courage, with strength that comes from vulnerability, and with responsibility for planetary and social well-being. More women, and everyone who identifies as such, raise to the role of responsible leaders who lead to create lasting systemic change over quick fixes and oversimplifying the problem. Instead of dividing, they build bridges and bridge the gaps. They are path-finders - they work with those who don't always share the same values because systemic change requires everyone to be on board. They foster co-creation and diversity, inclusive, equity-based community participation; and they empower others to take on the challenge, generating more responsible leaders - so that we can build on the continuous effort of regenerating Nature and humankind for this and the next generations.
