About Us
Our Vision
Mona Saint, M.D.
Shaila Saint
Teresa Zucchet
Photo by Stacy Anne Photography
As a women’s health expert and mom I feel privileged to spend time with women during the most pivotal times of their lives. I enjoy discussing with patients, family and friends their important health questions and the latest health news. I read a lot to keep up on the latest advances and it dawned on me that it would be nice to share some of my knowledge in a group format with my community.
I decided to start a newsletter to answer important women’s health questions that you want to know about but may not have the time or opportunity to discuss with your physician. I want to empower each of us to optimize our health and well being. In addition, I know we are all constantly being bombarded with health news on TV and the internet and it is hard to understand what is legitimate or important. Often after reading “breaking health news” headlines, I read the fine print only to realize it is not reliable. Since I am constantly going through the medical literature, I thought that I would briefly summarize the interesting women’s and family health stories that are credible and important. That way you don’t have to worry about missing out on important information if you don’t have time to search the health news. My goal is to keep the newsletter easy to read and light in a fun and friendly manner—while providing valuable information and a chance for interaction with your community on the blog.
I know as a physician and mom there is so much to keep up on and not enough time—so I hope this may be a small help to all of you wonderful women out there who work so hard everyday. So far the outpouring from friends and patients who have seen this has been incredible! I look forward to our journey together where we as women share and grow to make the best, happiest and healthiest lives possible!
Mona Saint M.D., M.P.H. is a board certified Ob/Gyn in practice in Orange County, CA. In addition to her extensive experience as a women’s health physician, she also completed an additional Master’s degrees in Maternal & Child Health and an Internship in Family Practice.
Dr. Saint is appreciated for her down to earth and easy to understand explanations to complex medical questions and her empathetic style. She has won awards of excellence in Gynecologic Surgery and the UCSF teaching award, and continually receives the highest score on practice wide patient satisfaction evaluations. In addition, she has written important medical publications including articles in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine, American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, and Journal of Contraception and has been a medical text book reviewer in the areas of Ob/Gyn, sexual medicine, motherhood, and infertility.
She is also a busy mom and lives in Orange County, CA with her two young boys, baby girl, and her husband. She loves both of her careers as a physician and mom and integrates them both into her perspectives. In her down time she loves spending time with the family at the beach, socializing with family and friends, and loves cooking, wine, reading, music, movies, shopping, and absolutely loves ice cream!
Shaila Saint received her B.A. and M.Ed. from the University of California at Santa Barbara. She also holds both Multiple Subject and Learning Handicapped teaching credentials, with a focus on early childhood development and intervention.
She has experience teaching in a variety of settings, including the early childhood classroom, regular elementary school, and special education. For the past decade, she has been an adjunct faculty member at Long Beach City College where she teaches parent education classes for parents and their children ages 4 months to 3 years-old. Her goal for the classes is to cultivate a supportive and non-judgmental environment, based on observation, discussion and self-reflection.
Her approach to children and parenting are influenced by a number of perspectives including Magda Gerber’s RIE philosophy, the Mindful Parenting practices of the Kabat-Zinns and Thich Nhat Hanh, and the philosophy and practices of yoga, which she has been practicing regularly for the past 11 years.
Shaila lives in Southern California with her husband and sons. She loves spending time with family and friends, reading, cooking, politics, wine, and watching sporting events-particularly her boys’ games!
Teresa Zucchet began her career in education as an elementary school teacher in the San Diego Unified School District. After obtaining a Master of Arts degree in counseling from the University of San Diego, Teresa became a middle school counselor in the Poway Unified School District.
Her love of working with elementary children remained and she eventually helped launch Poway’s first elementary school counseling program. An advocate of parent education, Teresa facilitated classes for families and trained staff to lead parenting courses as coordinator of a $5 million Safe Schools/Healthy Students federal grant for the Poway Unified School District.
Since 2003, Teresa’s primary role has been as a parent to her two children. Teresa currently works part-time teaching parent education courses at Explorer Elementary Charter School. In addition, she works as an instructor at the University of San Diego, teaching graduate counseling courses and supervising counseling interns.
Teresa lives in San Diego, CA with her husband and two children. While she spends most days chasing after her young children, Teresa also loves spending time with friends, walking on the beach, movies, eating out, and volunteering at her daughter’s elementary charter school which has an emphasis on social-emotional learning and inspires Teresa every day to be more of the parent she wants to be.