Meet Dr. LaToya Lewis
Educator. Caregiver Advocate. Palliative Care Specialist. Leadership Strategist. Cultural Storyteller. Founder of The Soul of Medicine L² Leadership.
Born in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. LaToya Lewis carries a cultural understanding of caregiving shaped by family, ritual, resilience, and community responsibility. As a mother of three, a caregiver within her own family, an associate professor, and a palliative care educator, she blends lived truth with clinical precision and academic rigor.
Her voice is grounded in the realities of families navigating illness, grief, transition, and survival — especially in Black, Caribbean, and immigrant communities.
She is both a caregiver with a story and a clinician with a lens, bridging the emotional, cultural, and clinical worlds that shape how people receive care.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE
A Leader at the Intersection of Culture, Compassion, and Clinical Excellence
Dr. Lewis serves as an Associate Professor of Clinical Nursing specializing in:
- End-of-life & palliative care education
- Caregiver equity & family-centered support
- Cultural humility & healthcare equity
- Clinical simulation & experiential learning
- AI + humanity & ethical communication
- Athlete-to-nursing pathway development
- Leadership development & emotional intelligence
- Faculty development & DEIB integration
- Workforce resilience & emotional stamina
She is committed to training clinicians, students, leaders, and systems to honor humanity in care.
“Healthcare equity is not a project—it’s a legacy.”
THE MISSION
"To restore the people who restore everyone else."
Her mission is unwavering:
Care is not a task — it is a calling. And every caregiver deserves dignity, clarity, and restoration.
This mission shapes her work across:
- End-of-life and palliative care communication
- Cultural humility and clinical equity
- Caregiver support and family-centered frameworks
- Leadership development and emotional intelligence
- Athlete-to-nurse workforce pathways
- Simulation-based empathy education
- AI + humanity in healthcare
- Grief, legacy, and storytelling
Her work blends scholarship with humanity, culture with clinical practice, and leadership with compassion.
THE ECOSYSTEM
A unified brand experience built on culture, dignity, and leadership
The Soul of Medicine
A cultural and compassion-centered movement centering identity, grief, ritual, caregiving, and clinical humanity.
L² Leadership & Consulting
Her organizational development and consulting ecosystem—supporting healthcare systems, universities, athletic departments, and mission-driven organizations in leadership strategy, cultural clarity, workforce wellness, and palliative care transformation.
Soul-Centered Leadership
Her signature leadership philosophy blending cultural truth, emotional intelligence, and purposeful communication for clinicians, executives, educators, and caregivers.
ATHLETE-TO-NURSING INNOVATION
Where Resilience Becomes Purpose
Dr. Lewis is a national leader in athlete-to-nursing workforce development, helping athletes transition into purposeful clinical careers through:
- Resilience and leadership training
- Identity and purpose coaching
- Simulation-based skill translation
- Academic readiness
- Emotional stamina for clinical spaces
WHY HER WORK MATTERS
She restores the soul of the people who restore the world.
Healthcare is built on people.
Culture shapes care.
Caregivers deserve dignity.
Leaders need clarity.
Families need truth.