Natalie B. Le is a first-year PhD student in Health Policy at George Washington University and a Mercatus Fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. She researches public opinion with a strong focus in political polarization and health attitudes, using survey methods. Prior to GW, she conducted research under the supervision of Robert J. Blendon, the Richard L. Menschel Professor of Public Health and Professor of Health Policy and Political Analysis, Emeritus, at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Her work was published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Before returning to academia, Natalie dedicated more than ten years of communications and policy research for the Independent Women and grassroots activism for Students For Liberty.

She holds a Master of Liberal Arts in Government and a Graduate Certificate in International Relations and completed the Special Studies Program at Harvard University. Her graduate studies were supported by the Mercatus Center's Frédéric Bastiat and Don Lavoie Fellowship. Natalie also earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science & Philosophy with a Concentration in Politics, Philosophy & Law from the College of Charleston and is an alumna of the Porter-Gaud School. Outside of academics, she is a competitive rower and represented Harvard and MIT graduate boat clubs at several regattas, including the Head of the Charles. She also enjoys playing the piano and polo and solving chess puzzles.