Latasha Mayes was born in Fort Riley, Kansas. Mayes earned a B.S. in business administration from the University of Pittsburgh in 2003 and an M.S. in public policy and management from Carnegie Mellon University in 2005. Her career experience includes founding New Voices for Reproductive Justice and working as its CEO; as a consultant; in a family law clinic at the YWCA; for a county government's Minority, Women, and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise; and as a trainer and educator at the Center for Victims. Mayes has been affiliated with New Voices Action, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., the JUDAH Fellowship, and Planned Parenthood of Western Pennsylvania.
