Game Changers: The Conscious Culture Volume 1 Issue 5 | Page 11

From
Homelessness
to Leadership
The
LaTarsha Holden
Story
LaTarsha Holden is a native
of Atlanta, GA. She was a
walking statistic: high-school
drop-out, four kids by the
age of twenty-two, welfare
recipient, low self-esteem,
mentally, verbally and physi-
cally abused. The predictable
outcome was a life of poverty,
dependency on welfare, un-
educated and underemployed
with little chance of success.
Amazingly at thirty-five while
homeless with six children
she decided to fight for her
dreams and children and en-
rolled in college. LaTarsha is
a loving and devoted mother
of six children and grand-
mother of four. She is now an
emerging leader in the city
of Atlanta. She has an A.A.
degree in Biblical Education,
a B.A degree in Leadership
and Administration, a MBA
degree and went on to become
a Doctoral student. She was
also included in the 2014
edition of Who’s Who among
Students in American Univer-
sities and Colleges.
She’s been featured in Clay-
ton County local newspaper
and graced the front page of
a local newspaper in Lub-
bock Texas. In Addition:
she became a featured story
on AOL Black Voices. She
has appeared on The Debra
Gatlin Show, The Ordinary
People Show who are doing
extraordinary things, and Joe
the Gravedigger Show about
helping others in the commu-
nity who were facing difficult
challenges. She was a featured
story in the W.O.W. Maga-
zine.
She was presented with the
award of “Women Who
Inspire” at an annual women
conference hosted by WEOP
in “2008” and was nomi-
nated for the “Humanitarian
Essential Piece Award” in
“2011” from Ga. Alliance to
End Homelessness. She was
an Honoree for the “Unsung
Hero” award at the APEX
Pyramid awards in “2016”
She received the “I Am a War-
rior” at the Stage Play “Lord
Fight This Battle”. She’s an
inspiring speaker and she
answered the call to preach
the Word of God, after ac-
cepting her call into ministry
in “2005”. She was ordained
into the office of Pastor in
February “2013”. She was the
Host of Global Talk Radio
where she advocated on issues
that affects people around the
world.
LaTarsha Holden knows
what it takes to beat the odds
and break the through the
inner glass ceilings that limit
performance. She is a speaker,
preacher, community advocate
and author. She is the author
of the several books, and a
subject of a documentary also
titled “No Longer Lost.”
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