About LaToya
Bio
LaToya is a founding member of the News Lab at Google, and most recently was part of the working group that launched the Google News Initiative (GNI). She manages GNI news outreach and brand experiences, and is a champion for Google's inclusive storytelling efforts in the news industry. The other part of her job is as Google's TV spokesperson, meaning she takes arcane technical language about our products and services, and turns it in to on-air messages consumers can understand on networks like CNN, NBC, FOX, ABC and others. She has spent most of career in tech, including stints at AOL and with Waggener Edstrom, Microsoft's agency of record.
LaToya earned her MA in Communication, Culture and Technology from Georgetown University and her BS in Communications and Political Science from Florida State University. She was an adjunct at New York University, teaching a course on brand management and emerging media.