Natasha Vita-More (born February 23, 1950) is a strategic designer, author, speaker and innovator within the scientific and technological framework of human enhancement and life extension. Her interests are located within the ethical uses of science and technology and socio-political implications of revolutionary advances impacting humanity's future. Early life and education Vita-More was born in Bronxville, New York. Vita-More studied at Accademia di Belle Arti in Ravenna, Italy (1977) after graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Art (1973). Returning to the United States, she started a commercial design firm in Telluride, Colorado (1972-1980). She completed Paralegal Certification from Blackstone School of Law in 1992. She earned a Master of Science in Future Studies at the University of Houston (2006) and a Master of Philosophy from University of Plymouth, UK. Faculty of Technology, School of Computers, Communications and Electronics, School of Communications and Media Studies M.Phil., Thesis: "Designing Transitional Human Futures”. Vita-More received a Ph.D in Media Art and Design from the Planetary Collegium, University of Plymouth, United Kingdom. Her Ph.D thesis focused on human enhancement and radical life extension. Career Vita-More is currently Executive Director of Humanity+ Inc. From 2012 – 2014 she was a visiting Scholar, 21st Century Medicine. Since 2012, she has been an instructor at the for-profit University of Advancing Technology and a former Chair of its Graduate Program. She is also a Fellow of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies and on the Steering Committee of Coalition for Radical Life Extension. She has contributed the Cambridge Union Immortality Debate of 2017. Vita-More has been an advisor to the LifeBoat Foundation, and an advisor to Alcor Life Extension Foundation. Between 1987 and 1993 she was a producer of Transcentury Update. Between 2001 and 2004, she was the president of the Extropy Institute. Vita-More is also signed up for cryonic preservation. Moreover, Vita-More says, "Our bodies will be the next fashion statement; we will design them in all sorts of interesting combinations of texture, colors, tones, and luminosity." Work In 1982, Vita-More wrote the Transhumanist Manifesto, which was on board the Cassini-Huygens Saturn mission. It discussed the possibility for overcoming disease and extending lifespans and later she founded an organization Transhumanist Arts and Culture. In 1997 she designed the first whole-body prosthetic, entitled Primo Posthuman, which depicted how a human might look in the future with technological enhancements such as color-changing skin. "Posthumans", as written by Vita-More