ABOUT NATASCHA

Dr. Natascha F. Saunders, or 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. 

• Founder, The Youth Career Coach Inc.
• Career Coach, Brown University, Office of Military Affiliated Students
• Program Director, Professional Association of Résumé Writers and Career Coaches - Certified Student Career Coach (CSCC)
• Community Leader, Student Career Coaches (2800+) LinkedIn Group

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 of the book Obama and Black Loyalty, which is written 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. 

POSITIONS

★ Director of Teen Programming, YWCA

★ Visiting Scholar, Proctor Institute for Leadership, Equity, & Justice

★ Veteran Transition 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 Committee, 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

IMPACT

★ Designed and facilitated hundreds of workshops and seminars

★ Impactful consultant in higher education and human resources

★ Trained in diversity, equity, and inclusion practices

★ Earned a certificate in federal career advisory

★ Awarded Harvard University ‘Woman of the Year’ WECAN (HESA)

★ Nominated Northeastern University, Teaching Excellence

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

RESEARCH

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.

MEDIA

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. 

EDUCATION

Lastly, tapping into her education, Natascha is Certified in Career Coaching by PARW/CC. 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 (Johnson & Wales University), MS (Northeastern University), BA (University of Massachusetts at Amherst), and an earned an Ed.D. from Northeastern University.