Suheily Natal was born in Puerto Rico and moved to Chicago when she was three years old.  After living in the Humboldt Park area for several years she moved south to Hyde Park with her mother.  

Suheily attended Kenwood Academy before enrolling at the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign where she majored in Broadcast Journalism with a specialty in political science. 

After graduating from the U of I, Suheily enrolled at DePaul University College of Law. While at DePaul Suheily served as law clerk for the Honorable Judge Elizabeth Loredo Rivera and as a law clerk for the City of Chicago department of law.  During her second year of law school she was chosen as a Mansfield Fellow and spent her fellowship term working at the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago where she used her bilingual skills to serve Spanish speaking clients.

Suheily is presently a third year associate at the law firm of Ford & Harrison LLP where she focuses her practice on Labor and Employment defense. 

She has been a member of PRBA since she was a law student and is a past PRBA scholarship award winner.