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March 5, 2020 84 mins
The 2020 Season of The People's Podcast Continues and this week's guest comes to us from The Greatest City on God's Green Earth: Detroit, Michigan!

Latasha James is a 27-year-old Social Media Specialist and a Digital Media Savant. She's the host of The Freestyle Friday Podcast and build her own company, James + Park, from the ground up.

The Kalamazoo, Mich. native's path to success, however, has come with its own unique challenges. Latasha joins the Pod (Starts around the 6:40 mark) to talk about her incredible journey:

• Growing up in West Michigan after being born in the U.P.
• Getting her start blogging on Xanga
• How she was one of the early YouTubers to build
• How to build an audience on YouTube from the ground up
• What Social Media Platforms she recommends
• Working for Fortune 500 companies at a young age
• How she landed in the Motor City & grew to love it
• How the Death of Her Father nearly broke her down
• Her life of sobriety following Alcohol addiction
• Where the name "James + Park" came from
• Dealing with harassment and covert racism in the industry
• The meaning of that Star on her hand

Follow Latasha on Social Media @TheLatashaJames
Subscribe to her YouTube: http://bit.ly/latashayoutube
Check out James + Park at https://www.jamesandpark.com/

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