At the age of five, she started to take piano lessons. Even though playing the piano had always been enjoyable, practicing quickly became tedious. For a while, thoughts of quitting piano ran through her mind until she met her teacher, Renee Chang. Renee was a teacher who understood how to communicate with students, and released the passion in Natalia for the piano. Since then, Natalia told herself that she would become a piano teacher that could become a motivation to students like Renee was to her.Natalia's passion for playing the piano led her to earn many awards. She won several awards at the Southwestern Youth Music Festival, Southern California Bach Festival, and Cypress Competition. Natalia has also performed twice with members of the University of Southern California orchestra during her studies with Paul Huebner.