Education

  • Doctor of Education / Organizational Change and Leadership
    University of Southern California, Awarded July 2022
  • Graduate Certificate/ Learning, Design and Technology
    University of Southern California, Awarded December 2021
  • Bachelor of Fine Arts / Fashion Design
    Otis College of Art and Design, Awarded May 2014
  • Associate of Arts / Visual Presentation and Space Design
    The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, Awarded June 1997

Bio/Affiliation

Dr. Natalie Salvador is an innovative educator, instructional designer, and creative leader with over two decades of experience bridging the fields of fashion, education, and digital learning. She currently serves as the Director of the Faculty Teaching and Learning Center at Otis College of Art and Design, where she designs and leads programs that support inclusive, student-centered pedagogy and faculty development. She holds a Doctor of Education in Organizational Change and Leadership and a Graduate Certificate in Learning Design and Technology from the University of Southern California, a BFA in Fashion Design from Otis College, and an AA in Visual Presentation and Space Design from FIDM. With a rich background that includes roles as a fashion studio lecturer, instructional technologist, and program coordinator, Dr. Salvador has presented nationally on topics including inclusive assessment, Universal Design for Learning, and institutional change in art and design education. A co-leader in the Partnership for Academic Leadership in Sustainability (PALS) and a past SNAAP Research Fellow, she is dedicated to transforming creative education through innovation, equity, and collaboration.

Natalie Salvado’s Picture

Awards and Honors 

  • Artworx LA / 2024 + 2019
    Apparel Design Residency

  • SNAAP Research Fellowship / 2021
    Unraveling Gender and Race Bias in Fashion Design Careers

  • Academic Excellence Award, Nike, Guess, CABI, Ebell Scholarships
    Otis College of Art and Design / 2012 - 2014

  • Silver Thimble Award for Dosa and Isabel Toledo
    Otis College of Art and Design / 2014

Professional Accomplishments and Exhibitions:  

  • AICAD / Teaching for Tomorrow
    November 2024, PASADENA
    Co:Presenter: Beyond Grades: Rethinking Evaluation in Art and Design Studios

  • PALS / Partnership for Academic Leadership in Sustainability Summit
    October 2024, LOS ANGELES, NEW YORK, MINNEAPOLIS, VIRTUAL
    Virtual Node Leader/ Hybrid Co-Lead
    Presenter all nodes: Strategies for Institutional Change

  • AICAD / What is Freedom?
    November 2023, CINCINNATI
    Co-Presenter: Empowering Faculty Through Development Workshops

  • AICAD / FOCUS: Engaging, Motivating, and Adapting
    June 2023, LOS ANGELES
    Closing Keynote Presenter: Combating Apathy by Inspiring Motivation

  • SNAAP Research Symposium
    October 2021, VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
    Co-Presenter: Unraveling Gender and Race Bias in Fashion Design Careers

  • AICAD / 20/20 A Year Refocused
    February 2021, VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
    Presenter: Averting the Gaze: Exclusionary Practices in Creative Fields
    Co-Presenter: Beyond Crisis: Using Feedback + Data To Inform Course Design

  • Online Learning Consortium/ Accelerate
    November 2020,  VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
    Co-Presenter: Re-imagining Studio/Lab Education Through Universal Design for Learning: A Framework for Success Online

  • Community Works Institute / Teaching for Community without a Classroom
    April 2020,  VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
    Presenter: Re-imagining Studio/Lab Education Through Universal Design for Learning: A Framework for Success in the Virtual Classroom

  • AICAD / Include Me!
    NOVEMBER 2019,  LOS ANGELES
    Presenter: How a Faculty Learning Community Modeled Shared Governance
    Presenter: Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in the Studio Critique

Publications:  

SNAAP Data Brief

California Apparel News

Rachel Ray

Woman's Day

Good Housekeeping

Seventeen

Footwear News

InStyle

People Style Watch

Refinery 29

Clients/Employment History

  • Nordstrom and Escada (visual merchandising)
  • Hope in the City (event coordinator)
  • Joy & Mario (design director)