School
University Of California - Los Angeles, University Of California - Riverside
Expertise
Food Travel, Seasonal Food, Plant-Based Cooking
- Since 2020, Natalie has run a Berlin-based blog, focusing on brunch, budget, plant-based, and specialty food.
- She's been invited by over a dozen local restaurants and food startups to create food-focused content.
- Natalie has been featured in the magazine 'The Berliner' for her online Berlin Vegan Food Guide, which has amassed over 150,000 clicks.
Experience
Natalie Avila is a versatile writer and editor, specializing in food, travel, lifestyle, wellness, and education. She has worked with startups and established brands for nearly a decade, originally starting her career as a content intern in Los Angeles before moving to Germany to pursue a career as a copywriter for an international language school. Other projects she's taken on have ranged from proofreading college-level academic papers, writing SEO-optimized articles for a female health startup, and adding keyword integration to market prestigious superyachts. As the founder of travel and food blog Natalie Etc, she has written blog posts that rank on the first page of Google for competitive keywords, driving over 300,000 organic page views in the last year.
Education
Natalie has a bachelor's degree in English with a concentration in Creative Writing from the University of California, Los Angeles.
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If your croissants have gone stale, you don't necessarily have to toss them. Grab this common kitchen appliance to transform them into a crispy treat.
By Natalie Avila
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