Natalie Monarrez was born and raised in Los Angeles, California.

She was a former Disability Claims Administrator, Medical Insurance Claims Adjuster, and then Workers Compensation Claims Examiner by day — and a stand-up comic, emcee, booker and producer at night, with a background in theater and improvisation.

After losing her insurance career during the recession, she moved to the East Coast in 2017 to pursue comedy, and began working for Amazon. Unable to afford rent on her own or find a roommate, she became homeless and lived in her car.

Then the COVID pandemic hit in 2020, sparking “essential workers” backlash against longer schedules and unsafe working conditions. Following an assault at work, she became the first female organizer, and then immediately a lead organizer, of the Amazon Labor Union, while also acting as the unofficial shop steward at the JFK8 Amazon fulfillment center in Staten Island, New York.

She later became a volunteer political campaign organizer for the Democratic party, and then a volunteer social media assistant for Labor Arts and the Free Leonard Peltier campaign. She worked for Amazon as a warehouse associate for seven years, until her wrongful termination in 2024, and has continued her activism for labor advocacy and women's rights.