Natalie Horton lives in her hometown of Eden, North Carolina. She graduated from Rockingham Community College in May 2017 with college high honors, Phi Theta Kappa, and with an AAS in Electronics Engineering Technology. During her time at RCC, Horton was the president of the Student Government from 2016-2018, sat on the Board of Trustees, was accepted and participated in the 2017-18 Student Leadership Development Program (SLDP), and she held the position of Local Interactions Chair with the N4CSGA for the Spring of 2018.

She has returned to the SLDP program for the 2018-19 year to give back as a co-facilitator to the program. She has been accepted to the University of North Carolina at Charlotte’s Systems Engineering Program and plans on graduating in the Spring of 2021.