La Tonya Jackson, M. Ed, is the voice of hope and passion. Her passion is to inspire, enrich, and empower people to reach for their goals particularly women and children.
Her love for people and especially children has led her to travel throughout the U.S. and abroad spreading the message of hope, determination, and a winning spirit. Her international travels includes: Brazil, Jamaica, Cuba, The Dominican Republic, Kenya, France, Spain, Portugal, Johannesburg and Durban, South Africa. Her greatest joy comes from speaking life into people, feeding, and clothing children, and inspiring everyone that they too are Born To Win!
La Tonya Jackson is an author of a children’s book called “Born To Win” which teaches every boy and girl that they can achieve their goals and dreams. She has donated these books to children in impoverished areas of foreign countries so that they too will know that they are Born To Win. She has released her second book called S.T.E.P. in which she encourages, empowers, motivates, and challenges the reader to take their next STEP towards their destiny. In 2021, Ms. Jackson released a 42 day journal called, "God's Daily Peace" which unites scriptures, declarations, and meditation on the word of God into one place! As you read, meditate, and journal, you are sure to gain daily peace and strength to command your day. In 2022, she released her second devotion entitled "God's Daily Grace."She encourages the people that no matter the problem, God's Grace is Sufficient. She is an entrepreneur, challenging leader, and a charismatic motivational speaker.
Although she has been featured in magazines and has been the keynote speaker on several platforms for groups such as the Kiwanis Club for the MLK Jr. Program, Alliance of Extraordinary Women, Lakeside High School Baccalaureate Program, Core Civic Volunteer Banquet, Women in Leadership –Columbus affiliate, “It’s OK to be Me” event, Women’s Retreats and Conferences, NABCJ ( National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice), and the P.E.O. (Philanthropic Education Organization) state and national conventions; her heartbeat is reaching out to the disadvantaged. She is a visionary, continuously organizing programs such as Socks for Kids, Music for Missions for the Beatitude House, (a transitional home for disadvantaged women and children), and the distribution of hygiene products and more to the Samaritan House (a homeless shelter), Senior Housing, Low-Income housing, Nursing homes, and the HOMESAFE Shelter (a home for victims of domestic violence). She has also been directly involved with the tornado relief for Dayton, Ohio, hats and gloves for the homeless, along with feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, and teaching the word of God in other countries. Her prison ministry includes revivals, choir workshops, and Christmas programs.
Ms. Jackson's philanthropic work includes international sponsorship for school supplies for children in the Dominican Republic, ties, books, and hygiene products in Cuba, and reparations for a well in Kenya to supply clean water to 2000 people in a village. She has created and sponsored events called "Cycling to Break Cycles" and "Making it on a Wing and a Prayer" to be a blessing to the impoverished, battered men and women, and the homeless in her local community
La Tonya Jackson is determined to spread a message of hope for all. She stands on and believes in her motto which says:
I am an Achiever, I was Born To Win,
I’ll Stick with it, Through Thick and Through Thin
I’ll Press Forward, I’ll Never Give In
Because I am an Achiever, and I was Born To Win