Dr. La Shawn Denise Witt was born January 3, 1977. A native of Los Angeles,
California, Dr. Witt worked in the field of education for over 18 years as an Assistant
Principal, Principal, Middle School Teacher and Teacher on Special
Assignment. Dedicated to her personal educational advancement, she has earned two
Bachelor degrees from Loyola Marymount University in Biology and African American
studies, a Masters degree in Education including her secondary teaching
credential from Pepperdine University, administrative credential with special
education leadership certification in the Masters of Education ISLA program from Loyola
Marymount University, as well as a Doctorate in Educational Leadership from Argosy
University. In addition, she has completed graduate level courses in the Masters of
Human Services and Personnel Counseling program at Mount Saint Mary's College.
In 2017, she decided to step out on faith and live her dream of inspiring others and
follow the steps that God called her to walk in. She coined her journey as, “The year of
40” and began strategizing to make her dream a reality.
A multi-entrepreneur, Dr. Witt owns Divine Diva Events (DDE), a wedding and special
event business based out of Beverly Hills, CA with satellite locations throughout the
country. It has always been her dream to provide clients around the country quality,
trustworthy event planning at an affordable rate. She has worked in the event industry
for 22 years and has established a respectable rapport with many of her clients,
successfully producing over 450 events. She maintains working relationships with many
of Los Angeles’ top event industry professionals. Dr. Witt sees each event as a unique
opportunity to design the experience of a lifetime and gives each client an elegantly
personalized affair. She is also the proud owner of Fabulous Divas, a first- class travel
management group that specialized in hosting group travel events around the world for
predominantly African-American women and couples.
During the holiday season, Dr. Witt provides special-made dishes to clients across the
country under the auspices of Divas Fabulous Fixins’. She enjoys sharing stories about
her childhood in the kitchen with her grandmother, mother and aunt. She takes joy in
preparing these dishes, knowing that families are blessed with traditions that she once
shared with her family.
Over the course of her life, Dr. Witt has faced and overcome many obstacles that have
shaped her into who she is today. In the spring of 2023, she will finally release her first
book appropriately entitled, “The Diva Herself”. In her book, she will discuss how being
a silent rape survivor at age 15 contributed to abusive and failed relationships, poor
handling of finances, long bouts of depression, struggling with validation and
acceptance, and multiple attempts of suicide. She will share how her journey to “The
year of 40” opened the door to walk into a more fulfilled purpose and produced her first
Women’s Spiritual Retreat under My Sister’s Keeper. This retreat convened in May
2018 and celebrated diversity, spiritual experience, and healing of women from all walks
of life. This event has led to many speaking engagements for women-based events
around the country and continues today.
Dr. Witt has recently launched an initiative through My Sister’s Keeper to fund
transitional recovery homes in the city of Los Angeles. Her mission is to end
homelessness for women, families and communities and assist with providing them with
second chance opportunities in life and to restore self-sufficiency and dignity. She is
currently in the beginning stages of overseeing a partnership merge to open transitional
housing in Los Angeles under the umbrella “Charity House, LLC.”
Rounding out her entrepreneurial talents, Dr. Witt recently launched an Educational
Consulting business. This business will target school districts and provide strategic
planning and professional development to schools experiencing teacher shortages,
teacher retention matters, and assist in the execution of administrative retreats for
executive leadership teams.
She is an active member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority- Inglewood Alumnae Chapter
where she holds various positions both locally and regionally. She aspires to be elected
as a National Leader. Dr. Witt is also an Associate member of Jack and Jill of America,
Tabahani Book Circle, Phi Delta Kappa Sorority, Inc., National Association of University
Women and The Links, Incorporated. She is currently the Vice President of the Angel
(CA) City chapter of the Links, Inc.
She is also active in the African American Alumni Association at Loyola Marymount
University (LMU). She has served on the AAAA Ambassadors for the last 10 years. This
involvement includes serving on the planning committees for various engagement
events for alumni as well as financially supporting the goals of AAAA to provide
scholarships for current students. In 2019, she was elected to serve on the board for
the African American Alumni Association.
In addition, Dr. Witt serves as board chair for The IMPACT Experience and most
recently appointed to serve on the board for the Downtown Women’s Center.
Dr. Witt currently worships with The Advancing Church in St. Louis, MI.
Outside of her professional commitments, she indulges in her passions of traveling,
reading, shopping, buying shoes, speaking to women in various audiences, attending
live concerts and participating in community service.
Dr. Witt currently resides in Inglewood, CA where she enjoys spending time with
the loves of her life, her adult daughter Morgan, a recent graduate of Howard University
and her Shih Tzu Gabbana.
La Shawn is “The Global Strategist” and one of her mantra’s acclaims "God is within her
she will not fail."
For media and talent interviews with Dr. La Shawn, please contact:
DEBORAH GRIFFIN | Publicist
Strictly Industry
P: (323) 839-4521 | F: (323) 345-6466
E: deborahmckj@yahoo.com
