Editing Nate Berkus (section)

==Early life and education==
Berkus was born on September 17, 1971, in [[Orange County, California]]. Nancy Golden, a designer who was featured in multiple series on [[HGTV]] and [[DIY Network]], is his mother.<ref>{{cite news|last=Manetti|first=Michelle|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/nate-berkus-mom-nancy-golden_n_3255000|title=Nate Berkus' Mom, Nancy Golden, Is Really That Awesome|newspaper=Huffpost|date=May 10, 2013 |access-date=June 27, 2020}}</ref> His father, Michael A. Berkus, co-founded the [[National Sports Collectors Convention]]. His parents divorced in 1973.<ref>{{cite web|last=Brierley|first=Kate|url=https://www.distractify.com/p/nate-berkus-parents|title=Here's Everything We Know About Nate Berkus' Parents and Family Life|date=May 2020|access-date=June 27, 2020|archive-date=May 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200513145408/https://www.distractify.com/p/nate-berkus-parents|url-status=live}}</ref> Berkus grew up in a Jewish family mainly in [[Hopkins, Minnesota]]. He attended [[Cushing Academy]], a boarding school in [[Ashburnham, Massachusetts]].

Berkus started working in design immediately after leaving high school and interned at [[Dominique Aurientis]] in Paris and [[Leslie Hindman]] in Chicago. Berkus graduated from [[Lake Forest College]] in 1994, with B.A. degrees in French and Sociology. He founded the company, Nate Berkus Associates, in Chicago in 1995. Berkus is related to the [[venture capitalist]] [[Dave Berkus]], architect [[Barry Berkus]], musician/artist [[Günther Berkus]], Josh Berkus of [[Software in the Public Interest]], [[casino]] manager/author Eric David Berkus, and lawyer Matt Berkus.