Nakeia is results- driven leader, entrepreneur, and educator with 15 years of project management, strategic planning and change management experience. She views her career as a tapestry of experiences that have unlocked her purpose. In 2015, Nakeia founded NLD Strategic, an equity-focused management consulting firm that supports strategy development, implementation, and measurement in social impact organizations and businesses. She is also Founder of The Women Entrepreneur Leadership Lab, (The WELL ), a membership network that fosters collaboration and business growth for black woman-owned businesses.

Nakeia has spent most of her career in education, as a teacher and in various district management roles within Baltimore City Public Schools. Nakeia is the proud mother of a son, Asher; “bonus mom” to daughter Kaycie, and wife of her best friend since 5th grade, Jacen.

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LaTonia possesses more than a decade of progressive experience in the field of education, particularly in the areas of equity, community building, leadership, curriculum and instruction.  She spent 10 years as a highly effective and engaging educator in Montgomery County, Maryland before transitioning into a role focused on teacher instructional and leadership development. LaTonia is gifted at assessing the needs of teams and school or organizational leaders. She is a skilled facilitator who deeply cares about equity and elevating the teaching profession.  She is keenly interested in growing the work of your organization and committed to building the capacity of organizations and individuals around issues of education, equity and identity.