LaToya Cantrell
| LaToya Cantrell | |
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| District B Representative, New Orleans City Council | |
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Assumed office December 19, 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Stacy Head |
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| Born | April 3, 1972 |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence | Broadmoor, New Orleans |
| Alma mater | Xavier University of Louisiana |
| Website | latoyacantrell.com |
LaToya Cantrell (born April 3, 1972) is an American politician from New Orleans, Louisiana. A Democrat, Cantrell represents District B on the New Orleans City Council.
Cantrell grew up in Los Angeles and moved to New Orleans to attend Xavier University of Louisiana, where she earned a BA in sociology.
Cantrell moved to Broadmoor, New Orleans, in 1999. In 2003, she joined the board of the Broadmoor Improvement Association and became president of the association in 2004. After the 2005 levee failures in Greater New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina, the Broadmoor neighborhood flooded severely and remained mostly deserted for months afterward. In early 2006, the Bring New Orleans Back Commission, a blue-ribbon panel convened by then-mayor Ray Nagin, released a recovery plan that called for Broadmoor and five other New Orleans neighborhoods to be converted into greenspace. In her role as president of the association, Cantrell worked with residents and local religious leaders to organize opposition to the panel's recommendation. She also helped enlist returning Broadmoor residents in a six-month effort to write a recovery plan for the neighborhood.
Cantrell worked full time to implement Broadmoor's recovery plan from 2006 through 2012. She and fellow residents formed the Broadmoor School Board, overseeing the reopening and renovation of the Andrew H. Wilson school. She served as a founding board member of the Broadmoor Development Corporation, a community development corporation that provided case management and other social services for returning residents. She was involved with residents' efforts to reopen Broadmoor's Rosa F. Keller Library, which won a $2 million grant from the Carnegie Endowment. She created a partnership between the Broadmoor Improvement Association and Church of the Annunciation, which provided the neighborhood association with office space and hosted volunteer groups. She also formed a partnership between the Broadmoor Improvement Association and her home parish, Blessed Trinity Catholic Church, to open the Broadmoor Art and Wellness Center.
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