Petrina Ndapandula Auino

Petrina Auino is a naturopath who co-founded and co-owns Nature’s Way, a business created in 2010 that specializes in offering complementary and alternative healthcare services, therapies, consultations, body scans, and products. She writes articles for local newspapers and magazines and speaks on radio and TV talk shows on healthy living, wellness, and disease prevention. Petrina is multilingual and speaks Oshiwambo, English, Afrikaans, German and Portuguese. She studied at the University of the Western Cape where Petrina Ndapandula Auino graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Complimentary Health Sciences (Summa Cum Laude) and a BCM in Naturopathic Medicine (Summa Cum Laude) and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Global Health: Non Communicable Diseases. Upon completion of the Washington Fellowship, Petrina would like to expand her business to reach rural populations, venture into innovative solutions for health problems in Namibia and Africa and give workshops on entrepreneurship and innovative business.