Founder

Dr. Natascha F. Saunders, known as Tascha, is an Associate Director, Career Coach, Facilitator, and Academic Advisor at Harvard Kennedy School and a past Member of the Board of First-Year Advisers for Harvard College. Natascha completed the Harvard Administrative Fellowship Program; while holding a faculty appointment at Northeastern University. 

• Natascha is the Founder / CEO of The Youth Career Coach Inc. ensuring rising leaders are self-aware and market-ready.

Natascha is a certified career coach, facilitator, speaker, moderator, and consultant who is underpinned by sound coaching principles and well-validated techniques. As a cutting-edge coach and consultant, she leverages her depth of knowledge and versatility to motivate, educate and inspire leaders of all ages. Through her programs, curriculum, and Personal Branding Assessment Tool M.I.C.R.O.©, she has inspired many lives to reach their highest potential. 

Former Miss Black Rhode Island USA, Natascha served as Goodwill Ambassador to the Gambia, West Africa, and has been featured by the New York Times, CKNW, WHUR, Working Mother, AFRO News, Boston Voyager, and Scholastic. She is a chapter author in the book Obama and Black Loyalty writing on Black Youth & Unemployment. She received a Senate Citation from The Rhode Island Institute for Labor Studies and completed training with the US Institute of Diplomacy and Human Rights (USIDHR), and Commonwealth Seminar for Massachusetts. 

Selected former positions...

★ Director Teen Programming, YWCA

★ Senior Career Consultant, Brown University

★ Lecturer, Leadership, Organizational Development, Northeastern University

★ Senior Instructor, Managing a Diverse Workforce, Cambridge College

★ Data Consultant, KIPP Schools

★ Senior Consultant MBA Admissions, The MBA Exchange

★ Human Resources Manager, Clarendon Real Estate

★ Senior Staff Writer, Washington AFRO American Newspaper

★ Academic & Student Affairs Manager, George Washington University

★ Education Training Consultant, Torchlight Inc.

★ Career Coach, Employer Relations, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

★ MBA Admissions Commitee, MIT Sloan School of Management

★ Senior Career Consultant, Year Up

★ Assistant Director, Boston University, Questrom School of Management

★ Assistant Human Resource Manager, Macy's

★ Financial Brokerage Associate, A.G.Edwards & Sons / Wells Fargo

★ Client Reporting Specialist, State Street Bank

A Life of Impact 

★ Designed and facilitated 1000’s of workshops and seminars

★ Impactful consultant in higher education and human resources

★ Trained in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Best Practices

★ Certificate in Federal Career Advisory

★ Harvard University ‘Woman of the Year’ WECAN HESA

★ Northeastern University, Nominated, Teaching Excellence

★ Author Inside Jobs, Parents Guide to Starting the Career Conversation

Academic Prowess 

Natascha's ProQuest published doctoral dissertation is titled, Krumboltz, Career Decision Making, and METCO: A Portraiture Study Among Alumni. Her qualitative research study utilizes portraiture to understand how METCO alumni experiences impact and influence their career decision-making. Administrators, career counselors, practitioners, students, and policymakers who apply the recommendations and outcome data derived from this study are likely to provide better support to students during career decision-making processes.

Diverse Skillset, One Mission

Tapping into her education, Natascha is certified in Career Coaching by PARW/CC. She completed the FBI Citizens Academy, in addition, Executive Education Programs at Harvard, MIT, and Stanford. She’s trained in HMP Mediation from Harvard Law. Additionally, she holds an MBA (Master's in Business Administration), MS (Master's of Science in Organizational Leadership), BA - BDIC (Bachelor of Arts in Image Consulting), and an earned Doctorate in Education, Ed.D. focused on Leadership and Communications.

Dedication and Recognition 

Natascha is a member of the NAACP, National Urban League, and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. and has been featured with media recognitions such as: 🎥 ABC CityLine, COX, METRO, WHUR, CKNW, Washington Informer, Scholastic, Bridges, Working Mother, New York Times, NPR, Boston Globe, and more. 

Lastly, Natascha completed the FBI Citizens Academy, Executive Education Certificate Programs at Harvard Kennedy School, MIT Sloan School of Management, and Stanford School of Business. Additionally, she participated in mediation training through the HMP program at Harvard Law School while holding an MBA, MS, BA, and an earned an Ed.D. from Northeastern University.