About natalya

2023

2022

  • Founded the Seattle Student Union

  • Won N95 masks for all Seattle Public Schools students and staff

  • Won $4.5 million for school mental health counselors

  • Led multiple actions for covid safety, gun control, abortion rights

  • Organized gun violence protest with 2000+ attendees after tragic shooting at local high school

  • Organized students to save her school’s national champion mock trial program

  • Produced radio story about the largest academic worker strike in US history

2021

  • As class president her freshmen and sophomore years fought for COVID safety and hosted information session for students about COVID vaccines with Seattle’s most revered doctor.

  • Led her soccer team to petition for and win gender equity.

  • Organized climate justice walkout alongside college and community organizers and spoke/led chants at Seattle piers

2020

2017-2019

  • Led many climate justice walkouts.

2016

  • Started a petition to the Seattle School District to bring school bus service in-house by teaming up with a student at another middle school to collect over 1000 signatures from 11, 12 and 13 year olds.

Natalya McConnell has been organizing since 5th grade when she planned her first gun control walkout at her elementary school. Since, she has led countless actions and co-founded the Seattle Student Union.