Natasha, a native of Daytona Beach, Florida, graduated from Spelman College in Atlanta.  During her training as a medical student at the University of Miami, she developed a growing interest in the effects of reproductive hormones on the psychology and mental health of females throughout their life span. As a postgraduate at the renowned Shepard Pratt/University of Maryland, she received not only excellent training in general psychiatry, but was also encouraged to apply her growing expertise in woman’s health issues to the direct care of her patients and their families.