Natalie Root

Natalie grew up in Danville, CA but moved to the small town of Loomis where she gained her love for community and the outdoors. With weekend trips to Truckee, Lake Tahoe, Dillon Beach, and Shasta Lake nearby, there were plenty of places to explore. She moved to Southern California, the land of palm trees, to attend Azusa Pacific University and acquired a degree in Psychology. After graduation, Natalie lived in Huntington Beach for a few years, then moved cross country to Sneads Ferry, North Carolina for a year before returning to Carlsbad, California which is where she lives today. 

Natalie jumped into community work with the City of Pasadena for a few years, hosting music festivals, rooftop movie nights, and holiday fest gatherings. Then moved to Huntington Beach to work for a wedding and event venue, hosting over 100 events per year. She then joined a short term rental company overseeing mountain properties in of California: Mammoth Lakes, Yosemite, and Lake Tahoe. After a few years as a Senior Sales Executive, she decided to dive into a new professional adventure and came across ThirdHome where she is now our Membership Director. 

Natalie’s love of travel truly took off when she attended a 30 day outdoor trip through out the Southwest with 17 classmates and 3 guides the summer before her senior year of high school. They camped and drove through Zion National Park, Bryce Canyon, Grand Canyon, Lake Powel, Moab, and Havasu Falls, rafted for 4 days on the Colorado River, and hiked endlessly. This locked in a new passion for exploring the USA and beyond.

During the summer before her junior year of college, Natalie travelled to volunteer in Kenya for a month. This gave her a new perspective: traveling is not to just see the sites, but to see the communities that make these places what they are. Locals are the heart to every place you visit. Hearing their stories and being shown local spots made traveling even better. Natalie later visited her brother for over a month in Manly, Australia. She camped in Blueys Beach, scuba dived in the Great Barrier Reef, explored Daintree rainforest and Jervis Bay. Since, she has visited numerous times. Later, a week in San Miguel De Allende, Mexico to celebrate two friends get married led to trying endless restaurants and seeing the sites. 

When not working or traveling, Natalie spends time with her partner and our dog, Jax. She loves paddle boarding, cooking new recipes, going to farmers markets, beach trips, spending an early morning watching her partner surf, Facetiming loved ones, and hanging with friends.