LaTunya Evans is a native of Mayersville, Mississippi, and is a 2016 graduate of South Delta High School, where she was the Senior Class President and number five of her class. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communications with an emphasis in Broadcasting from Mississippi Valley State University in May 2019.
During her years at MVSU, LaTunya was a Student Ambassador, Student Ambassador SGA Representative, a member of the National Council for Negro Women (NCNW), a member of MVSU’s chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and inducted into the Zeta Chi Chapter of the Lambda Pi Eta Mass Communications Honor Society and the National Society of Leadership and Success Honor Society. She also became a member of the Epsilon Pi Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. in the spring of 2018, where she served as Treasurer in 2019.
After her undergraduate years, LaTunya enrolled at the University of Memphis, where she obtained her Master of Arts degree in Journalism in May of 2021.
In August 2019, LaTunya began her professional career as the Electronic Resource Manager/Computer Lab Tech in the James Herbert White Library at Mississippi Valley State University, where she assisted students with homework, administered access to databases and electronic resources, and provided technical support to resolve problems with electronic services. After completing her MA degree, Evans decided to begin work in her career field as the COVID-19 Communications Specialist at MVSU, where she developed effective COVID-19 communication strategies and wrote articles about COVID-19.
In Evans’ spare time, she loves to read, write and spend time with family. She is also the Ivy Leaf Reporter and Technology Chairman for the Kappa Alpha Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
If you want to contact LaTunya, call 662.254.3118 or email her at latunya.evans@mvsu.edu.