LaToya Faustin (community activist, mentor, mother, and entrepreneur)
Description
Our featured guest today is LaToya Faustin. This episode is full of compelling content that prepares you to best serve black and brown communities.
During this podcast, LaToya shares how her teaching experience working with Latino families was pivotal in reshaping the lens from which she viewed serving black and brown families.
Latoya's frontline work exposure propelled her to return to school to get her MBA. The tools she acquired provided her the grit to fight inequity and lead community development; using policy, social capital, social enterprise, and economic mobility.
Latoya is a community activist, mentor, mother, and entrepreneur. She is the founding Executive Director of the Community Development Corporation of the Park Church. Responsible for creating the vision and executing strategic initiatives around affordable housing, workforce development, and healthy living.
Help us by sharing this episode and making people aware of the fantastic work LaToya is doing to create pipelines to progress for communities of color. If you're posting to social media, please tag us @embrace_your_truth, @urban_institute_4_sf, #InfiniteVoiceofourYouth, #EmbraceYourTruth.
You can follow LaToy at LaToya Faustin on both facebook and LinkedIn.
Host Kelly R. Little
Website: http://www.embraceyourtruth.org/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelly-little/
LaToya Faustin: Donate and Volunteer here: http://www.theparkcdc.org/
Technology Visionary Paul Day
United States
