Biography

LaToya M. Davidson-Perez is a woman of blended descent. Her ethnic background includes English, Irish, East Indian, and Jamaican. Growing up in Jamaica and the US, she is a ‘Jamerican’ proud of her culture and heritage.

A class of 1999 Rockdale County High School (RCHS) graduate, she was also named the 1998-99 Miss Tempus Fugit. This RCHS tradition honors academically sound students involved in various activities in and out of school. The winner, one male, and one female, is selected by an interview with a panel of community leaders.

LaToya was also a HOPE Scholar and received other prestigious awards, including the SAPA Student of the Year Award. The Student Assistance Professional Association award is awarded to only one student in the state each year. She was active in Beta Club, Mass Media Production, Drama, MCJROTC, The Blaze (newspaper), Debate Team, 4-H, Anchor Club, Co-Ed Y, FCA, Peer Leadership, Cheerleading, and others. LaToya served as the school’s Company Commanding Officer (MCJROTC) and was a Governor’s Honors Program nominee. She also represented the county and her school on several occasions in oratory competitions and was selected as a cub reporter for Media One. She lettered in Drama and JROTC and was honored for her exceptional work in Mass Media. To say the least, her time in high school, not entirely chronicled here, was filled with many activities, friends, and memories.

In 1999, she briefly attended Georgia State University. She married in 2000 and transferred to Georgia Military College (GMC) with a full academic scholarship. She was also one of the first cadets in the college’s history to, with her then-spouse, participate in the cadet corps and also live off-campus as a married couple. As a member of the 122nd and 123rd Corps of Cadets, she had the distinct pleasure of serving, in her second year, as the Regimental Accountability Officer (S1). During her time at GMC, she was the Editor of GMC Today (school paper), Vice President of the Student Government Association, President of the Unified Voices of GMC (cadet choir), and President of the Drama Club. She was honored for her academic excellence in Literature and Political Science. LaToya earned double Associates degrees in Business Administration (ABA) and General Studies (Information Systems) (AGS) in 2002 and, at graduation, was honored with the Harold L. Goodrich award as the Best All-Around Student for that year.

Upon graduating from GMC, she attended Georgia College & State University (GCSU), majoring in Office Communication Systems. She graduated with her BBA in 2003. At GCSU, she served on the Dean’s Student Advisory Committee for the J.W. Bunting School of Business.

After a difficult period that included the dissolution of her first marriage, she took some much-needed time off from continuing her educational pursuits. She returned to academia in 2005 when she applied and was accepted for graduate admission at Florida State University. LaToya enrolled in the school’s Master’s in Library and Information Studies (MLIS) program and, within months, was also accepted into the Master’s in Adult Education (MEd) program. She earned both Masters degrees in 2008. She is also certified as an ALA-accredited Librarian through the State of Georgia and was admitted into the premier international honors society for Information Studies, Beta Phi Mu.

After working with the Twin Lakes Library System since 2001, in November 2006, at the age of 25, LaToya was promoted to Assistant Director, a position she held until February 2014. At the time of her promotion, she became the youngest Assistant Director for a public library system in the state of Georgia.

She has been the sole proprietor of Davidson Administrative Services since 2011, where she provides administrative consulting for clients nationwide. Her roles have included Executive Administrator, Business Manager, and VP of Administration. Since 2021, she has also worked full-time virtually as the Office Administrator for a pediatric speech therapy company in North Carolina, Carolina Speak Now.

She has been a member of the International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP) since 2004 and a long-time member of several library-related organizations. LaToya was a featured editorial columnist for the oldest continuously published newspaper in the state of Georgia, The Union-Recorder, from 2011-2016. LaToya is also the co-host of the long-running podcast series In the Stacks with Barry & LaToya.

Her resume can be found here. She is happily remarried and resides in Georgia.