Her Story
About Latosha
I've been working in technology since I was young, starting with my very first job at a place called Johnson & Johnson Communications doing beeper repair. That was my very first introduction and love with technology. I've been in education and training for about 10 years, working in warehouse training departments doing coaching and developing. People call me an engineer extraordinaire because I pick processes and procedures and train people to them exactly. Currently, I work in the automobile industry where I help people transition, teaching everyone from lower-level engineers to those who want to be technicians how to read drawings, do capability studies, and understand electronics. I'm also building my own K-12 school that will be opening this September, focusing on AI technology, innovation, and robotics because I see the lack in education for the younger, early ages. Beyond my school, I run Royal Choice, my for-profit business where I help business owners with processes, procedures, setting up foundations, SOPs, and HR. I come from the corporate side with over 20 plus years of experience, so I help small businesses that can't afford full-time staff by being their whole HR or financial department for $15 an hour until they're able to migrate into it, providing anything they need to be successful.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Latosha
01What do you attribute your success to?
To me, mine is my faith in God. I am a true believer. I lost everything, right? But I did not lose my faith. And I tell people that when you have no one, God was there with me. I remember praying with my Bible. I have this poem that I made, and it's called 'I tried to kill myself twice, but I survived. Maybe God has something better in store for me.' And I think that is it. I am no longer a victim. I'm a survivor, you know?
02What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
I would tell them to focus on their strengths. If you understand your strengths, you can understand how to make your weaknesses your strengths. I would also give them advice of taking your time. And there's no such thing as the wrong question or answer. There's always data to prove it behind it. I tell my peers, because I learn from them and they learn from me, if I learn one thing today, I want to learn it from someone else. It puts me in a position of growing mentally, emotionally, on a different level. And then also, I would tell women to take time for themselves.
03What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
Being who I am, being my authentic self, right? Because you just imagine, every place you go in, this one person always smiles, and then on the days I don't smile, allowing myself enough grace to not smile, but even showing grace to others. I also just have a way of speaking to people's inner self, like their soul, and just hearing them out, being a great listening ear. I like the engagement, the conversation, showing it's gonna be okay, or, well, you know, it's not gonna be okay, let's talk through it. Finding people in the lowest spots of their life, and just experiencing with them, so you know you're not alone.
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