Natalie Morescki is the founder and Executive Director of Next Steps for Change, Inc. as well as the design consultant and an owner of the boat refurbishing company, Upstream Again. She has a Master’s degree in Community Psychology and a Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice. She has worked with children of substance abusers in numerous capacities before becoming the Executive Director of the Boys & Girls Club in Sparta, Wisconsin for six years. With a passion for being an educator, Natalie spent two years teaching part time as an adjunct professor at Western Technical College in the Psychology Department and at the University of Wisconsin – LaCrosse teaching Effective Behavior and Addictive Behavior in their Psychology Department. Natalie had the privilege of being a stay-at-home mom for two years. She then worked for the next ten years as the Drug Free Communities Coordinator for Couleecap, working with the Monroe County Safe Community Coalition on AODA prevention in Monroe County, Wisconsin.  Since 2020, she has been developing the organization Next Steps for Change, where in addition she has become a trainer for Recovery Coaches and a certified Narcan trainer. Natalie’s passion for working with people with substance use disorders began when she wrote her Master’s thesis about women in a substance abuse unit of an Connecticut women’s prison. This passion has grown as she has raised her two adopted boys, both born to parents with substance use disorders.  They are one of the main reasons for Natalie starting Next Steps for Change, Inc.