Meet our team

Nataya Branjerdporn

Nataya is the manager of programs and partnerships at Orygen Global and has over eight years of experience in global youth mental health.

She leads Orygen’s work to elevate the importance of youth mental health practice and strengthen the implementation of promotion and prevention initiatives, such as the Being Initiative.

Nataya is one of the two co-founders of Orygen’s Youth Mental Health Fellowship program, an online education and mentoring program for youth advocates across the world.

Nataya represents Orygen on the World Health Organisation Youth Council and was previously a co-chair of the Global Mental Health Action Network’s Child and Youth Working Group.

Nataya’s background is as an occupational therapist, and she completed her PhD on using a peer-based approach to support maternal-infant mental health in low-income community settings.