Nathan was born to teenage parents in Harlem, NY.  As an infant Nathan was sent to Puerto Rico where he was raised by his grandmother and his siblings. It was his grandmother’s strong emphasis on education and hard work that has made Nathan who he is today.

At the age of 10, he was reunited with his mother in The Bronx where he quickly learned English and excelled academically. Having been poor and on public assistance, Nathan experienced first-hand how irresponsible government ignored the most needy in his neighborhood and discouraged the poor from realizing their potential. He witnessed how neighborhoods slowly deteriorated and how schools were no longer institutions of learning and becoming more violent.

At age twelve, Nathan’s mother fell gravely ill. Nathan and his siblings ended up living with a family in the South Bronx, where they were mistreated. It was here he came to realize a system put in place to ensure children were cared for had not done a good job in detecting abuse. Amidst the adverse conditions of crime and gangs, he continued to excel in public school.

At thirteen, he was diagnosed with cancer and would spend the better part of the next two years hospitalized. It was during this time he met his father for the first time. Unfortunately, his father also fell ill and would become homeless. Still hospitalized, Nathan would spend weekends in welfare hotels visiting with his father. Soon afterwards, Nathan was placed in a St Dominic’s Group home in The Bronx. His father would soon pass away and with his mother now living in a shelter, he would stay in the group home until the age of eighteen.

At the group home, Nathan once again excelled in high school. Although the cancer left him permanently disabled, he worked two part-time jobs after school. He completed high school with honors in 1989 and became a student at the University at Albany.

Nathan majored in Computer Science and before completing his degree, accepted a consulting position at General Electric in Schenectady. He left school and would embark on a successful career in information technology. He returned to school and received his Bachelors degree.

He continued to succeed on his career path in the field of technology. Having transformed his life, he began to give back. While at MVP Healthcare, Nathan volunteered for the United Way as a Community Investment Member. In 2002, he began a scholarship for disadvantaged children. Michelle Appelbaum was a young woman he met while at the hospital in 1984 who lost her battle with leukemia. Her father (Marc) and Nathan have kept in contact ever since. Understanding the challenges disadvantaged children face when deciding to go to college, he and Marc decided to create an incentive to convince high school students to attend college. Since then, the Michelle-Lebron Scholarship has awarded three $1000 scholarships to youngsters going to college and has mentored others to do the same. He is also on the Board of Directors for the Albany Community Action Partnership (ACAP).

In 2003, Nathan became the Director of Information Systems for The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown. During his tenure at The Hall, he pursued a graduate degree and in 2006 received his Masters in Information Technology from Harvard University. Today, Nathan is a director with Garnet River, a local technology solutions company.