Latoya holds a Bachelor's in Business Administration-Business Management and Truist Emerging Leaders Certification from the University of Mount Olive (UMO). She is currently pursuing her MBA at UMO. Latoya spent almost 20 years working in healthcare as a certified nursing assistant and worked in a variety of settings including assisted living and long-term care, home health care, and hospital. She started her career in academia as part-time receptionist in continuing education at Durham Tech and progressed into an administrative assistant position. She was hired with CCCC as an administrative assistant in continuing education in April 2017. In the fall of 2018 she began teaching for the college as a defensive driving instructor teaching Alive at 25 and DDC4 courses. Including these duties, she also worked as the program administrator for CCCC’s ed2go™ online education programs and as the scholarship coordinator for continuing education. In September 2020, Latoya was promoted to the position of Director of Career & Employment training.