Nathan is a foreign service officer at the U.S. Department of State. Nathan joined the U.S. Foreign Service in 2010 and has served at the U.S. Embassies in Libya and Qatar. He most recently served in the United Arab Emirates as a Department spokesperson for Arab media. Nathan has appeared on Al Jazeera Arabic, Al Arabiya, Sky News Arabia, BBC Arabic, France24 Arabic, CNN Arabic, and over 60 other Arab media outlets explaining the foreign policies of the United States government to Arab audiences. Nathan received his bachelor's degree in political science and international studies from Yale University in 2009. He studied Arabic at the American University in Cairo under the Center for Arabic Studies Abroad Fellowship Program.