LaTia

LaTia McNeely-Sandiford, MSW, is widely known as The Adversity Expert. In July 2016, she was featured on New Jerseys Verizon FIOS1 Push Pause television show. As 2015s Best of the Best in Business Awardee (BITES), 2015 Woman of Prominence Awardee and 2014 Union County New Jerseys Woman of Excellence for Entrepreneurship, LaTia continues to dream bi... g and succeed. LaTia was born and raised in Jersey City, New Jersey, amidst the perils of addiction and poverty. Through her journey, LaTia became a master at overcoming adversity and moving beyond adverse situations, life events and people. She was the only child of heroin addicted parents, subsequently losing her mother at 9 years old. While LaTias journey to success was long fought, still she refused to lose. In 1991, LaTia first beat the odds by graduating Lincoln High school in Jersey City as a single parent and domestic violence survivor. Then, in 1995, while battered, abused and broken, LaTia pressed forward to earn her Associates Degree in Criminal Justice from Hudson County Community College, graduating Summa Cum Laude. LaTia denounced what her environment dictated and what statistics reported by becoming the first in her family to graduate from college. In 1997, LaTia earned her Bachelors Degree, Cum Laude, in Criminal Justice from Jersey City State College, now New Jersey City University. Despite LaTia being submerged in adversity, her desire to be successful never wavered. In 2001, LaTia proved that success comes to those who want it when she earned her Masters Degree in Social Work from Rutgerss University, New Brunswick. LaTia has since enjoyed a 20 year career in Social Work advocating for the highest risk populations. Over the course of her career, LaTia has held 2 Executive Directorships, 2 Directorships and a Clinicianship in various NJ non-profits before starting her own business in May 2010. Today, LaTia is an author (Burdens in My Backpack), inspirational/ motivational speaker, success coach, trainer, consultant and entrepreneur. Shes the ...Read More