Dr Loretta Johnson-Smith

With the support of trailblazers before her, Dr. Loretta Johnson-Smith is the first in her family to earn a doctoral degree. Dr. Loretta Johnson-Smith is a proud native of LA where she matriculated to the University of California Los Angeles and received her BA in English with an emphasis in Creative Writing. She then earned her MA in Curriculum and Instruction and later her Doctorate in Educational Leadership —all by 30 years old. Dr. Loretta Johnson-Smith teaches, mentors, and writes as encouragement to little ones like her young daughters, Emaree and Elivia. She is a wife, mother, inspirational speaker, and educational leader passionate about cultivating children and youth’s potential into success stories.