Natalie Holmes is a senior researcher in Community Engagement and Analysis at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. In this role, she conducts research on the economic experiences of lower-income communities and informs community development stakeholders on promising practices related to economic opportunity. In particular, Natalie analyzes labor market and workforce issues, with a focus on improving labor market participation and mobility for lower-income communities and populations.
Natalie’s work experience prior to joining the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco includes work at the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program, where she studied poverty, access to opportunity, and tax policies that support low-income workers and communities. Natalie is completing a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in public policy at the University of California, Berkeley, where her research has focused on residential mobility and relationships between place, work, housing, and socioeconomic wellbeing.
Natalie holds a master’s degree in economics from the University of California, Berkeley, a master’s degree in public policy from Georgetown University, and a bachelor’s degree in the history of science/history of medicine from Yale College.