NáAshaRa Yvette Bacoté was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts. There she had three beautiful children and a career as a contract manager in the medical field. In 2000, after suddenly deciding to leave her husband of 10 years, Yvette moved to Atlanta, Georgia with her children to start her life over. Due to the stress of starting over, in 2002 exactly two years later on the same day she left her husband, Yvette was diagnosed with the debilitating disease Multiple Sclerosis. Yvette