After a B.A. in Russian at the University of London and a Master in Business Administration in Chicago, and doing consulting work in media-related companies like IBM, Bertelsmann and Hamburg Media School, Natalia Preston ventured a number of businesses on her own. Among other things she organized language tours to Moscow and operated a German bakery in California selling pretzels and Christmas Stollen. She finished a Masters in Cine Documental y Experimental at the University of Madrid in 2016 and studied at FilmArche, Berlin, 2014-2015. Her first film is called “Carmen” and describes the everyday life of a street musician from Venezuela in the metro of the Spanish capital. She has dedicated much her time to making her own documentary films about topics and causes she feels strongly about.