Profile view of Natalia Guerrero. She is smiling and looking forward while seated on the back of a black leather chair. She is holding a pencil in one hand and leaning forward.
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Natalia Guerrero

cazaplanetas/planet-hunter
 I am an astronomer, artist, and science communicator. I study exoplanets as a doctoral student in the Ballard research group at the University of Florida and create installation and performance art as a student in the UF Studio Art MFA program.

Previously, I worked at the MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research on the NASA TESS mission in the roles of TESS Objects of Interest (TOI) Manager and MIT-TESS Communications Lead. I managed the team that identifies potential exoplanets among the hundreds of thousands of stars in the TESS images. 

I studied physics and creative writing at MIT and graduated in 2014.

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Watch my public talks on YouTube

​Other places I'm online:
UF College of the Arts In the Loop 
     newsletter (2025) \\ Gainesville, FL 
UF Astronomy (2021-now) \\ Gainesville, FL
​Community School of the Arts (ongoing) \\ 
     Women in the Arts, Inc. \\ Orlando, FL
Voice Box + Charles River Variety (2015-2019)
     WMBR Radio \\ Cambridge, MA
​Exploding Wire (2017) \\
     MIT K-12 Videos