Natalie Yoder

Natalie Yoder serves as Assistant Director of the residential office at SUNY Adirondack, a small community college in Queensbury, New York. With nearly a decade in higher education residential life, she progressed from resident assistant at SUNY Cortland to hall director, area coordinator, and her current role, where she supervises student staff, manages crisis response including mental health and suicide prevention, and oversees housing for students facing socioeconomic challenges. Yoder earned her undergraduate degree from SUNY Cortland and recently completed a master's degree in Global Health from Arizona State university. She advises the Latin Student Association and Resident Hall Association, organizing cultural events, and sits on the board of Aspire African Communities, her aunt's nonprofit that operates a dental clinic and is building an autism school in Eswatini. She has also worked with nonprofit Seed Grant Impact facilitating women empowerment workshops in Arusha, Tanzania, for survivors of FGM and gender-based violence. Yoder credits her support system of family and friends, including her parents who recently relocated nearby, for her success and stability in the field.