Natalie A. Collier is a transformative writer who’s been telling stories on the page for the past couple decades throughout her career. She is the founder and president of The Lighthouse | Black Girl Projects where she leads others in helping materialize her dream of seeing Black girls and women live lives free from unnecessary outside pressures, barriers, and oppression. Collier has combined experiences from her years in undergraduate and graduate school studying political science/philosophy and marriage and family therapy at Millsaps College and Reformed Theological Seminary, respectively; a myriad of fellowships at Northwestern and Poynter universities, among them.