2020

• Guest Speaker:  Leverage the Art of Investing as a Competitive Advantage for a Success...& Sustain.. Developing Career, Suncoast Developers Conference

• Guest Speaker: Harvard Women in Business WeSpeak Conference

• Oradora Invitada - JovenGo: La Lucha Contra el Racismo Sistemático

• Executive Producer /Host of Invest2Manifest™

• Executive Producer / Host of Beyond the Poverty Line with Shatoyia Jones

• Partnership: Harvard Women in Business

• Top 20 Aussie Business Plan Competition

• Co-Host, Speaker & Virtual Production Assistant:Monsoon Cultural Picnic

• Teacher, Educator: HSSP MIT Virtual Summer Program, Grades 7-12 

• Digital Undivided Award Recipient: Doonie Fund

• Official Mentor: Women Who Create

• Guest Speaker / Interview: Community, Communication and Connection, Promethean Project Podcast

• National Ambassador: Afri(k)que, Limited

• In-Kind Sponsor / Mentor / Coach: Miss Black Teen Scholarship Pageant

• Guest Speaker / #BossTalks [Link]

• Holyoke Media and Podcamp Western Mass Volunteer Grant Recipient: First Ladies of Poverty Foundation

• Presenter/ Podcamp Western Mass: Back to Basics- Fundamentals of Success in the Age of Social Media

• Guest Speaker & Interview / Black on Black Education Podcast: On Education, Diversity and Inclusion, Education Reform and Access [Link]

• Guest Speaker & Interview/ The Audience Converter: How Pride is Holding You Back From Growing Your Business [Link]

• Speaker / ARHS Career Day: Life Coach, Entrepreneur, Mentor, Speaker

Topics: Business / Entrepreneurship / Social Entrepreneurship, Philanthropy, Ambition and Vision, Wealth Education / Education and Systems Reformation, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: Historical Impact, Systems, Reformation and Community Based Solutions, World Issues: Community Based Solutions and Systems Reformation / Development, You Are Your Greatest Asset, Fundamentals of Success in the Age of Social Media, Leveraging the Art of Investing, 5 Stages to Building Generational Wealth, Value of a Woman, Feminine Womanhood, Faith and Ambition, Secrets of a Happy Human: A Self Discovery Journey & Framework for Authentic Happiness

Clients: Black On Black Education, SCORE WesternMass, Valley Venture Mentors, Audience Converter, American Women of Service, Harvard Business, Harvard Women in Business (IBC, WeSpeak), Harvard Harambe Seed Funding, HerCampus, MassLive, Valley Venture Mentors. Numerade, Make - It - Springfield, US Performing Arts Camp, SaygeLink, Next Gen HQ, Speaker Sisterhood, GPI US, Rotary International, Aussie Business Comp, Trinity College, Amherst College, Miss Black America

Topics: Wealth Education / Education and Systems Reformation, Equitable Opportunity Access and Poverty Reduction Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: Historical Impact, Systems, Reformation and Community Based Solutions, World Issues: Community Based Solutions and Systems Reformation / Development, You Are Your Greatest Asset, Fundamentals of Success in the Age of Social Media, Leveraging the Art of Investing, 5 Stages to Building Generational Wealth, Value of a Woman, Feminine Womanhood, Faith and Ambition, Secrets of a Happy Human: A Self Discovery Journey & Framework for Authentic Happiness, CORPORATE MANAGEMENT | CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBLITY | DEI | SYSTEMS & AUTOMATION | SALES & SALES TRAINING FOR INCREASED SOCIAL  IMPACT

Clients: Black On Black Education, SCORE WesternMass, Valley Venture Mentors, Audience Converter, American Women of Service, Harvard Business, Harvard Women in Business (IBC, WeSpeak), Harvard Harambe Seed Funding, HerCampus, MassLive, Valley Venture Mentors. Numerade, Make - It - Springfield, US Performing Arts Camp, SaygeLink, Next Gen HQ, Speaker Sisterhood, GPI US, Rotary International, Aussie Business Comp, Trinity College, Amherst College, Miss Black America

Topics: Wealth Education / Education and Systems Reformation, Equitable Opportunity Access and Poverty Reduction Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: Historical Impact, Systems, Reformation and Community Based Solutions, World Issues: Community Based Solutions and Systems Reformation / Development, You Are Your Greatest Asset, Fundamentals of Success in the Age of Social Media, Leveraging the Art of Investing, 5 Stages to Building Generational Wealth, Value of a Woman, Feminine Womanhood, Faith and Ambition, Secrets of a Happy Human: A Self Discovery Journey & Framework for Authentic Happiness, CORPORATE MANAGEMENT | CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBLITY | DEI | SYSTEMS & AUTOMATION | SALES & SALES TRAINING FOR INCREASED SOCIAL  IMPACT

Clients: Black On Black Education, SCORE WesternMass, Valley Venture Mentors, Audience Converter, American Women of Service, Harvard Business, Harvard Women in Business (IBC, WeSpeak), Harvard Harambe Seed Funding, HerCampus, MassLive, Valley Venture Mentors. Numerade, Make - It - Springfield, US Performing Arts Camp, SaygeLink, Next Gen HQ, Speaker Sisterhood, GPI US, Rotary International, Aussie Business Comp, Trinity College, Amherst College, Miss Black America

Values::Clean Beauty, Women / Femininity Empowerment, Joie / Joie de Vivre, Conscious / Clean and Intentional Living, Sustainability, Equitable Opportunity Access and Education Reform, Alternative and Vocational Education and Trades, Social Impact / Social Good, Feminine Womanhood, Faith and Ambition, Community, Travel, Memorable Experiences / Travel, Quality vs Quantity + Relevant Events

Clients: Afri(k)que, Albabotanica, Freeman Beauty, Fundwise, GarnierUSA, Rosewe, HerCampus, Nars Cosmetics, Numerade, InnisFree, Mented Cosmetics, NextGen HQ, Power of Your Purse, SandCloud, PuraVida, KineMaster, StreamYard, LipBar, Veronique Collective, Tronus, First Ladies of Poverty Foundation, Valeur D'une Femme, Joie by Shatoyia

Speakers, Workshops - Ordinary x Influence (weebly.com)

Shatoyia Jones | Her Campus

Shatoyia Jones - National Ambassador - AFRI K QUE LIMITED | Business Profile | Apollo.io

Shatoyia Jones - Pageant Planet

shatoyia_jones_accolades2019_updated.pdf (weebly.com)

Shatoyia Jones - Founder / CEO / President - School of Joie | LinkedIn

Full Resume of Activities (2015-2018) - Google Docs - SJones13 DRIVE

BRIEF ACTIVITIES Extracurriculars LIST_2016.docx - Google Docs - SJones13 DRIVE 

MASTER RESUME (tbd)

👑 My Story

I am a (@schoolofjoie) Louisiana native who grew up in poverty and was exposed to abuse, violent racism & financial hardship at a very young age, and I always sought out leadership and educational opportunities to have the capacity to rise above my circumstances and live a life I can truly enjoy and be proud of, a life of faith, adventure, genuine love and relationships and positive social impact and progress.

   Where I come from,having material things was more important than actually being wealthy--it was more cool to look like you have it all together and play the part of "being paid and having money" than to actually have it all together and actually have money / be wealthy. It is very difficult to want more out of life but only be surrounded by individuals satisfied with a life of mediocrity and poverty, surrounded by folks taking pride in working long, hard hours only to continue living paycheck-to-paycheck and having to ask favors to keep the lights on, food on the table and upkeep an image that was slowly crumbling with every child who left home to pursue a better life.

   Growing up in poverty, I desired to attain "the American dream"--to be presented with the opportunities to be successful. I started businesses to pay for academic and leadership activities, studied long and hard to be the best of the best, was top of my class in school, and you can find my name mentioned in almost anything pertaining to education and leadership in my community. No social life for me--all of my time went into education, business, chores, work and repeat.  Though it's a joke where I come from, I self-harmed almost everyday.

    The racism (more like colorism) down South is very explicit and is embedded into the framework of even my own culture, andI witnessed minority communities work tirelessly just to put food on the table for their families and then pass away in debt, unfulfilled and haven't known what it means to truly enjoy life.

​     Despite the promise of opportunity if I checked all of the boxes (and even excelled beyond the boxes) my entire life, I found myself going into debt to survive with no guarantee of a job if I graduated college and no matter how hard I worked or what I achieved, a higher quality of life or decent pay seemed so out of reach, despite my qualifications and experience. I moved across the country to another state where I didn't know anyone, didn't have family around and begin to navigate new social territories with new rules that I did not want to adhere to in the name of finding success.

   I held several jobs in a variety of different industries, most of them in the education system, in leadership and business, and I found myself desiring so much more than the daily grind of going to work, going home, paying bills and repeat. So, I decided to go into entrepreneurship and business full-time as a foundational alternative to traditional paths to success and have not looked back since.

   In my journey, I witnessed and continue to witness the generational and historical effects of the lack of awareness (or desire to be aware) of how essential a supportive community, a mentor, education, and health is to escaping the mental and financial poverty we all grew up in. We all have dreams of being wealthy and living a high quality life, but we are not taught the fundamentals of stability and wealth building or how to navigate the system to get there, especially as people of color, and even more specifically, people of African descent in America. And allies are not taught how to effectively get involved and help make this knowledge and resources more accessible to diverse demographics. As a person of African descent living in the USA, I feel a duty to help us as a collective combat our unique obstacles in society that everyone else are either insensitive to or just don't care about.

   As of September 2021, I am starting over in my wealth building journey and in taking all of the lessons I have learned in education, business, entrepreneurship and in what kind of a life I want to live and putting all of my wisdom into a program called, 5 Stages to Building Generational Wealth, where I am teaching those with a serious interest in saving, managing and investing in their future for personal growth and financial security.

​      Through this program (and all of my programs, First Ladies of Poverty Foundation ; School of Joie ), I aim to share my wisdom, knowledge, resources and networks with those serious about education for a higher quality of living, business, investing and building generational wealth. With my work in leadership, education, business and program development, I also aim to advocate for racial equity and solutions to the unique professional, financial and social obstacles presented to minority communities, women leadership and effective, community-based poverty reduction that levels the playing field of opportunity and success for minority communities.

👑 My mentor-ship style can be summed up as straight no chaser accountability. Other words that have been used to describe my mentor-ship style is passionate, poised, challenging, comfortable...you can see testimonials via the comments below. Communication is important to me, and I hope we would be able to establish a relationship of open communication. Iwould start off with getting to know each other, sharing stories and setting expectations.I want to know your story and really understand who you are as an individual.We would then move forward with creating a custom strategy and blueprint for you to reach your personal, professional and financial goals.

👑 Ultimately, through my mentor-ship style, you will come to understand that I genuinely want to see you succeed in life, support you through tough times and celebrate the victories (small and large) with you. I give tough love with a compassionate delivery so that you are held accountable to the goals and vision that you have set. I support you in choosing the right paths that work for YOU and your goals...

Career and Professional Bio:

👑 Shatoyia's professional career started at 8 when she created a business to sell snacks to her peers so that she could afford academic and leadership educational programs that she took interest in. In high school, she graduated with AP and Honors with a long resume of accolades under her belt, including Miss National Honor Society, Miss Spanish nominated and a Service Above Self award given to her by the local Rotary club and over 1.4 million in academic scholarships, while working as a librarian at a middle school and leading a variety of academic and behaviorial programs. Since, education, business/entrepreneurship, leadership and management and faith-based ministry work has always been re-ocurring themes in her professional experiences.

👑 After high-school, she left Louisiana for college on the other side of the country. In 2017, she was selected as a solo international global literacy project and ministry community leader, program coordinator and manager forBeyond El Campo in Costa Rica and spoke at a variety of colleges and non-profit organizations. In 2018, she switched gears and focused on business and entrepreneurship full-time, serving as Miss Black America Massachusetts whilst doing social impact and management operations consulting work with her own consulting company for non-profits and small businesses, such as Institute for Training and Development, GPI US, US Performing Arts Camp, MIT Innovation Conference, Self-Dial Americorps, Harvard Business, NextGenHQ Summit, Power in Your Purse, EaseNation, Make-It-Springfield, Trinity College, HerCampus, College Fashion Week, HerConference: EmpowerNYC, Harambe Seed Funding at Harvard Business, Harvard African Business Conference and other high-profile business, entrepreneurship, education and women's empowerment organizations.

👑 In 2019, she served as guest and media for the Collaborative for Educational Services: Improving Outcomes for Students Living in Poverty and Trauma, Business Fights Poverty NYC and Next Gen Summit. She also worked at a variety of local educational institutions and served in many capacities, won an award for volunteer of the year and served as Ms. Massachusetts 2019 AWOS and national Ambassador for Afri(k)que, appearing, speaking, hosting and performing for a variety of women's empowerment and business / entrepreneurship organizations, conferences and other events around the U.S. She also served as mentor and judge for entrepreneurship and business competitions such as Diamond Challenge and WIT and closed out the year with 4 prestigious awards and honors for her work with her organization, First Ladies of Poverty Foundation.

👑 Currently, Shatoyia travels and serves as Founder and CEO of First Ladies of Poverty Foundation, a multi-awardwinning community center and resource hub providing educational resources, community, group/private mentoring and coaching options and business and investing trade programming for entrepreneurial-minded minority individuals who are the first (or one of the few) in their family to think about or start the process of building generational wealth. Her service to the community is extended into her service as Co-Chair, international poverty and racial equity specialist and diversity, equity and inclusion chair for SCORE Westernmass, a mentoring organization for small business owners, national ambassador for Afrikque, an organization empowering women out of poverty and founder / creator of School of Joie, an organization empowering modern women to confidently claim title of CEO of their lives with elegance, poise and femininity--and without shame or reservation. She also takes on business development consulting and various speaking / hosting and content creation / influencer opportunities through the year and will be authoring a book for 2022.

​👑 In her 16 year (and counting) professional career, Shatoyia has earned a strong reputation for being a forward thinking, energetized visionary who confidently and gracefully creates innovative, timeless and sustainable solutions to some of the world's biggest issues in education, leadership, diversity, equity and inclusion and poverty reduction.​She credits her underdog success and wisdom to (first and foremost) Yahweh, fueled by the Holy Spirit with a touch of unwavering resourcefulness, resilience and business savvy with a lifestyle anchored in lifelong learning and humility.

Currently, Shatoyia travels and serves as Founder and CEO of First Ladies of Poverty Foundation, a multi-awardwinning community center and resource hub providing educational resources, community, group/private mentoring and coaching options and business and investing trade programming for entrepreneurial-minded minority individuals who are the first (or one of the few) in their family to think about or start the process of building generational wealth. Her service to the community is extended into her service as Co-Chair, international poverty and racial equity specialist and diversity, equity and inclusion chair for SCORE Westernmass, a mentoring organization for small business owners, national ambassador for Afrikque, an organization empowering women out of poverty and founder / creator of School of Joie, an organization empowering modern women to confidently claim title of CEO of their lives with elegance, poise and femininity--and without shame or reservation. She also takes on business development consulting and various speaking / hosting and content creation / influencer opportunities through the year and will be authoring a book for 2022.

   In her 16 year (and counting) professional career, Shatoyia has earned a strong reputation for being a forward thinking, energetized visionary who confidently and gracefully creates innovative, timeless and sustainable solutions to some of the world's biggest issues in education, leadership, diversity, equity and inclusion and poverty reduction.She credits her underdog success and wisdom to (first and foremost) Yahweh, fueled by the Holy Spirit with a touch of unwavering resourcefulness, resilience and business savvy with a lifestyle anchored in lifelong learning and humility. 

A M B A S S A D O R (&) A P P E A R A N C E S

School of Joie: Joie de Vivre by Shatoyia; Joie by Shatoyia

Play Like a Woman; HVW University

​First Ladies of Poverty Foundation

Generational Wealth Bootcamp

First Ladies of Poverty Foundation x Afrikque

First Ladies of Poverty Foundation x Valley Venture Mentors

​First Ladies of Poverty Foundation x Numerade

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Shatoyia Jones

International Poverty & Racial Equity Specialist

Founder-CEO: First Ladies of Poverty Foundation

Co-Chair: Small Biz Development & DEI: SCORE WesternMass

National Ambassador: Afri(k)que

​Ms. Massachusetts 2019 AWOS

Miss Black America Mass 2018

B R A N D S  (&) P A R T N E R S H I P S

JOIE DE VIVRE | CONSCIOUS, CLEAN & INTENTIONAL LIVING | SUSTAINABILITY | SOCIAL GOOD | 

WOMEN EMPOWERMENT | COMMUNITY | MEDITATION & MINDFULNESS

👑Confidence. Elegance. Poise. Grace. Femininity. | I help you to repair your relationship to yourself.

Shatoyia Jones, aka the queen of self-discovery, is a multi-award winning, internationally renowned host, speaker, performance artist & entrepreneur. Her passion for life-long learning and self discovery with values rooted in biblical faith led her to live a very non-traditional, adventurous life of taboo experiences in the name of finding herself and in pursuit of a sense of self-liberation and happiness. Since 2008, Shatoyia empowers thousands of women worldwide to confidently and intelligently embrace their femininity, realize their non-sexual value and position themselves with confidence, grace and poise to live a higher quality of life and become the CEO of their lives. Her audience desires to cultivate healthy mindsets to accomplish sustainable lifestyles of quality, joy, luxury and peace and succeed in all areas of life.

Shatoyia has lived a very non-traditional, adventurous life where she embraced taboo experiences in the name of finding herself in the pursuit of a sense of self-liberation and happiness. From unusual professional titles to taboo relationship love interests to socially taboo relationship dynamics, she has been able to confidently say that she knows who she is, what she wants and how she desires to get there -- outside of what society has told her she should want and the path she should take to get there. This goal of this session is to offer a framework to genuine, authentic and unfiltered self discovery to repair your relationship with yourself and obtain what many people seek but only a few actually obtain: the experience joy in all facets of living and luxury of peace.

School of Joie: Joie de Vivre by Shatoyia; Joie by Shatoyia

Play Like a Woman; HVW University

​First Ladies of Poverty Foundation

Generational Wealth Bootcamp

First Ladies of Poverty Foundation x Afrikque

First Ladies of Poverty Foundation x Valley Venture Mentors

​First Ladies of Poverty Foundation x Numerade

View More

• Afri(k)que

• Albabotanica

• Freeman Beauty

• Fundwise

• GarnierUSA

• Rosewe

• HerCampus

• Nars Cosmetics

• Numerade

• InnisFree

• Mented Cosmetics

• NextGen HQ

• Power of Your Purse

• SandCloud

• PuraVida

• KineMaster

• StreamYard

• LipBar

• Veronique Collective

• Brand Ambassador / Influencer / Content Creator

• Public Speaker / Public Figure / Event Hostess / Trainer

• Womens Circle Host and Speaker

• Business Development / Strategic Planning & Development

• Sales Development / Sales Trainer 

• Program Developer / Program Coordinator

S P E A K I N G

KEYNOTES | WORKSHOPS | FIRESIDE CHATS | EVENT HOSTING | MEET & GREETS | AWARD PRESENTING

💎 The Value of a Woman💎

💎 Fundamentals of Success in the Age of Social Media💎

💎 Women in Business💎

💎 Redefining Success in the Age of Social Media 💎

💎Harness the Best of You to Get the Best Out of Life 💎

💎5 Stages to Building Generational Wealth💎

​💎 Secrets of a Happy Human: A Self Discovery Journey & Framework for Authentic Happiness 💎

👑Confidence. Elegance. Poise. Grace. Femininity. | I help you to repair your relationship to yourself.

Shatoyia Jones, aka the queen of self-discovery, is a multi-award winning, internationally renowned host, speaker, performance artist & entrepreneur. Her passion for life-long learning and self discovery with values rooted in biblical faith led her to live a very non-traditional, adventurous life of taboo experiences in the name of finding herself and in pursuit of a sense of self-liberation and happiness. Since 2008, Shatoyia empowers thousands of women worldwide to confidently and intelligently embrace their femininity, realize their non-sexual value and position themselves with confidence, grace and poise to live a higher quality of life and become the CEO of their lives. Her audience desires to cultivate healthy mindsets to accomplish sustainable lifestyles of quality, joy, luxury and peace and succeed in all areas of life.

Shatoyia has lived a very non-traditional, adventurous life where she embraced taboo experiences in the name of finding herself in the pursuit of a sense of self-liberation and happiness. From unusual professional titles to taboo relationship love interests to socially taboo relationship dynamics, she has been able to confidently say that she knows who she is, what she wants and how she desires to get there -- outside of what society has told her she should want and the path she should take to get there. This goal of this session is to offer a framework to genuine, authentic and unfiltered self discovery to repair your relationship with yourself and obtain what many people seek but only a few actually obtain: the experience joy in all facets of living and luxury of peace.

• Black On Black Education

• SCORE WesternMass

• Valley Venture Mentors

• AudienceConverter

• American Women of Service

• Harvard Business

• Harvard Women in Business

• HerCampus

• MassLive

• Numerade

• US Performing Arts Camp

• SaygeLink

• Next Gen HQ

• SpeakerSisterhood

• GPI US

• Rotary International

• Aussie Business Comp

• Trinity College

• Amherst College

• Miss Black America