LaVeda M. Jones is a powerhouse of purpose, a speaker, author, advocate, and faith-driven firestarter helping women rise from the ashes of hard places.
She’s a single mom turned soul-builder, known for her raw storytelling, deep compassion, and relentless mission to uplift single mothers and foster girls across the nation.
A creative at heart, LaVeda holds a BFA in Visual Communications from IADT and recently earned her Master’s Diploma in Youth Mental Health Coaching through Light University. After receiving her diploma, she became a Board Certified Master Mental Health Coach (BCMMHC) through the American Association of Christian Counselors. Her work lives at the intersection of healing, leadership, and faith.
Since 2009, LaVeda has been a voice for women doing the hard work alone, sharing her journey as a single mom, her fire-tested faith, and her prayers that have been turned into pages. She’s the award-winning author of Raising a Prince Without a King, and has recently published the 100-Day Single Mom Prayer Journal and the 30-Day Mommy and Me Prayer Journal, with new titles releasing soon. Her 100-Day Prayer Journey and weekly prayer calls continue to guide women back to purpose, power, and God.
In 2022, LaVeda said yes to fostering, a yes that turned into forever. She is now a proud adoptive mother of girls, joining the two sons she raised on her own. That life-changing experience fuels her work through Grit Grace & Glow, the nonprofit she founded for foster and adopted girls ages 8 to 18 to rise above their past, embrace their worth, and boldly step into a future filled with confidence, hope, and limitless possibilities. G3 is a community-powered movement and resource hub, not a program. These girls are reminded they’re more than their pasts; they’re fire builders, too.
Her signature Luggage of Hope project replaces trash bags with real luggage for girls in transition, giving them something far too many have been denied: dignity.
More than anything, LaVeda is a woman who lives her life out loud for God. She speaks the truth. She builds fire. She shifts atmospheres. She loves hard and leads with both grit and grace.
She’s a single mom turned soul-builder, known for her raw storytelling, deep compassion, and relentless mission to uplift single mothers and foster girls across the nation.
A creative at heart, LaVeda holds a BFA in Visual Communications from IADT and recently earned her Master’s Diploma in Youth Mental Health Coaching through Light University. After receiving her diploma, she became a Board Certified Master Mental Health Coach (BCMMHC) through the American Association of Christian Counselors. Her work lives at the intersection of healing, leadership, and faith.
Since 2009, LaVeda has been a voice for women doing the hard work alone, sharing her journey as a single mom, her fire-tested faith, and her prayers that have been turned into pages. She’s the award-winning author of Raising a Prince Without a King, and has recently published the 100-Day Single Mom Prayer Journal and the 30-Day Mommy and Me Prayer Journal, with new titles releasing soon. Her 100-Day Prayer Journey and weekly prayer calls continue to guide women back to purpose, power, and God.
In 2022, LaVeda said yes to fostering, a yes that turned into forever. She is now a proud adoptive mother of girls, joining the two sons she raised on her own. That life-changing experience fuels her work through Grit Grace & Glow, the nonprofit she founded for foster and adopted girls ages 8 to 18 to rise above their past, embrace their worth, and boldly step into a future filled with confidence, hope, and limitless possibilities. G3 is a community-powered movement and resource hub, not a program. These girls are reminded they’re more than their pasts; they’re fire builders, too.
Her signature Luggage of Hope project replaces trash bags with real luggage for girls in transition, giving them something far too many have been denied: dignity.
More than anything, LaVeda is a woman who lives her life out loud for God. She speaks the truth. She builds fire. She shifts atmospheres. She loves hard and leads with both grit and grace.