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The lasting lesson she learned from the tough times was that God is in control no matter what she has been through or will go through in life. If she truly submitted her life to Christ, she can experience life again and have joyous times continually.

As an author, performance artist, dancer, screenwriter, entrepreneur, creative force, and an energetic and tantalizing speaker, Shontel is dedicated to helping others overcome their struggles, hardships, and problems.

Dr. Patricia Newton (Nana Dr. Akousa Akyaa) is presently President & Medical Director of Newton & Associates, PA, specialists in Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine. Even more, she is an entrepreneur who conducts business and conferences globally.

She is board certified in Psychiatry & Neurology with sub-specialty boards in Administrative Psychiatry. She has served as Asst. Prof. of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins School of Public Health as well as a past examiner for the American Board of Psychiatry. She was Chairperson of the Department of Psychiatry at the former Provident Hospital (Baltimore, MD). She is a graduate of Washington University School of Medicine (St. Louis, MO) where she served on the faculty after residency training at the Barnes Hospital Group before relocating to Baltimore. She holds a Masters Degree in Public Health from Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health (Baltimore, MD), a Masters Degree in Molecular Biology from Peabody College – Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN) and a B.S. Degree in Pre-Medicine & Biology from University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and special courses in languages and culture at the Universidad Nacional Automa de Mexico (Mexico City, Mexico).