I am Natasha Richardson, the owner of Nurturer by Nature, LLC, established in 2016. I am not new to my profession. I like to think of myself as polished in it. I have been caring for family members and others in the community for as long as I can remember. You could say I was the little girl that sat with the sick and shut in. It only seemed right that my journey would be in service to others.

In 2003, I became a certified medical assistant through Concorde Career Institute while raising four little ones on my own. There, I learned the professional aspects of becoming a medical assistant.

I was accepted by Duval County Health for an externship for graduation. This environment taught me more about the differences between empathy and compassion as I worked and cared for individuals from different walks of life.

After completion, I became employed with University of North Florida, formerly known as Shands of Jacksonville. Here, I would work with individuals with immune deficiency illnesses known as the rainbow clinic.

This was a very humbling as well as rewarding experience. Not only was I able to provide exceptional care, I was also able to bring happiness to individuals that aren’t able to always see the brighter side of life.

After working with a wonderful doctor at Dunn Avenue Family practice and being able to experience a different side of medical assisting from administrative to patient care, I came to the realization that I would be more appreciated while also fulfilling a need to care for others in the after care of patients.

I would work for an in-home support agency where I met some wonderful health professionals. In this field, I was fortunate to form a network of exceptional caregivers. I would have the opportunity to work with behavioral disabled adolescents, other disabled clients, hospice care, and elderly care before meeting a very special client in 2012.

He would see the time, care, and compassion I put in to caring for him and ask me to be his personal caregiver. He knew before I did that this was where I needed to be. As his health declined, I was responsible for a lot of his daily life and routines. He saw enough in me that I started to not only take on a journey to self-sufficiency but also to a career that I love. I am now the proud owner of Nurturer by Nature, LLC. Exactly Who We Are.