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Natalie Baker is a medical student at Harvard Medical School (HMS). Born and raised in Northern California, she completed her undergraduate education at Stanford University, where she witnessed the devastating health impacts of wildfire and heat on Bay Area communities and began organizing around climate change and health equity. During medical school, Baker has taken on numerous leadership roles in climate and health advocacy, including spearheading the development of a four-year longitudinal, competency-based climate change, environmental, and health curriculum at HMS and serving as executive chair of Medical Students for a Sustainable Future, a network of 700+ medical students across 105 medical schools. She serves on several committees, including the Executive Committee of the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health and the Massachusetts Medical Society Committee on Environmental and Occupational Health (as vice chair). She has spoken on the topic of climate and health equity at various events, including the 2024 Association of American Medical Colleges National Conference and the 2023 Northern California Symposium on Climate Health and Equity.