OUR TEAM

Nathalie Breland | Executive Director

Nathalie Breland is the Executive Director of St. Michael’s Shield, Executive Director of the American Academy of Wellness, CEO of Direct Pay Healthcare, and CEO of Sozo Scientific. Prior to becoming a serial entrepreneur, she was responsible for the experimental design for capturing the genetic material of seasonal infectious diseases in near space for NASA. She has presented at the European Congress of Pathology and been published in the Central European Journal of Paediatrics for research on pathological genetic duplications. She has spent time serving in third-world nations creating medical business systems to decrease diabetic amputations, where thousands of limbs have been saved due to these preventative measures. During the Covid-19 pandemic, she helped with the integrity of the water system infrastructure for orphanages in Zambia, Africa due to being simultaneously ravaged by a cholera outbreak. She has taught classrooms of 200 students at the collegiate level in human genomics. She has volunteered in oncology, as a tutor for children in homeless shelters, and as a science fair judge. Nathalie has been a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), Do No Harm Medicine, American Medical Women’s Association, American Academy of Family Physicians, Society of Medicine and Surgery, and the American Society of Microbiology. It is an honor to serve as the Executive Director of St. Michael’s Shield. May God and St. Michael help us to protect as many as possible from senseless mass shootings and other medical emergencies.