Natalia Khudysheva was born in Tolyatti, Russia. In 2000, Natalia began her path in the arts by graduating from Art School 1, studying piano. Combining her passion for the arts with a desire to work with kids, in 2004 she graduated from the Tolyatti Social-Pedagogical College with a specialization in applied art and additional qualifications as a musical production organizer and choreographer.

The next step in her education was graduation from Samara Humanities Academy as a Psychologist and Lecturer in Psychology in 2008.
Finally, the time to start her career as an Art Teacher working in Tolyatti at:

• The Centre for Creative Development for Children and Youth ‘Rodnik’ (2009 – 2017)
• Municipal School #15 (2011 – 2017)

During this time, Natalia participated in a number of creative contests with her own works and as well as with those of her students. She also conducted city and regional workshops for teachers. Her work was recognized with letters of thanks and received second place in an international contest.

In 2015, Natalia took advanced training courses at Bauman State Technical University in Moscow.

After moving to the US in 2017, Natalia began conducting workshops on the creation of toys from wool and cotton. Since September 2021, she has been teaching art and Russian language at Znaika school.