LaToshia Boyd-Lee

LaToshia Boyd-Lee is an Associate Director of Program Project Operations for the Prevention Research and Community Education Team at MIMH.

LaToshia Boyd-Lee has over 23 years of experience working for the Missouri Institute of Mental Health at the University of Missouri-St. Louis as a Project Director for various federally funded research study initiatives to support effective integrated prevention for at-risk youth in minority communities. As a member of the Prevention Research & Community Education Team, she currently provides oversight for their Hollaback STL Programs that focus on a variety of health and life skills related topics including sexual risk avoidance, HIV/AIDS & STD prevention, substance use prevention, self-esteem development, healthy relationship building and success planning. Boyd-Lee played a lead role in compiling and editing a video and replication manual detailing the process involved in establishing a community wide integrated substance use and HIV/AIDS prevention program for female youth and adult mentors using the popular Girls Holla Back! program as a model. LaToshia provides expertise in project management, strategic planning, capacity-building and works closely with project evaluators to support data collection, analysis, and dissemination. She holds a bachelor’s degree in business economics from Florida A & M University and is passionate about helping to improve the lives of youth and their families by establishing partnerships with St. Louis area school districts, community-based programs, and faith-based organizations.