My name is Natalie Perri and I am a third year architecture student at The Ohio State University. I transferred into architecture’s major as a second year. I was previously an Industrial Design major at OSU. I have always loved art since I was a young girl, but definitely wanted to incorporate creativity but also S.T.E.M. into my career field. After I changed majors, I fell in love with architecture ever since. I am also the residential advisor and coordinator for the architecture, landscape architecture, and city scholars at OSU.
I grew up in Norristown, PA, which is approximately a half an hour outside of Philadelphia. I absolutely love my hometown. A fun fact about me is that I am adopted from Russia. I think about my humble beginnings often and am grateful for these life adventures, such as traveling to Santiago, as a blessing. I am so excited to study abroad this spring!
Regarding my family, I come from a middle-sized Italian-American family. I have one biologically related brother, Nicholas, who studies cyber security in New York. My father works as an HVAC contractor and my mother works as a receptionist. My grandmother, Natalie, is eighty-eight years old and also resides with my immediate family. I am proud to say I am named after such an amazing woman.
My hobbies include drawing, painting, photography, anything creative really! Unfortunately, I am terribly bad at anything involving hand-eye coordination. Therefore, I express myself through visually creative outlets. Another interesting hobby of mine is learning American Sign Language. I absolutely fell in love with this expressive, visual language. I hope one day to be fluent in ASL. 