Hayat Nancy Abuza received a B.A. from Harvard and her M.D. from Albany Medical College in 1981, and she completed an internship in Clinical Stress Reduction at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center.

Hayat serves as Interfaith Program Coordinator at the Chapel, as well as teaching meditation, stress reduction, guided visualization and sacred arts at Smith College, with a focus on Women's Wellness.

Dr. Abuza is an ordained Interfaith Chaplain and a haiku poet. She leads classes, workshops and retreats for youth and adults, as well as corporate trainings, drawing from her background in complementary medicine, psychology and yoga.

Hayat has published several articles as well as many haiku poems, and she created a CD called "Easy Does It: A Guide to Deep Relaxation".