Hey there! I’m Shontavia. I serve the world as a lawyer, entrepreneur and academic. I’m focused on helping people like you monetize your knowledge and find your voice as an entrepreneur.

I’m blessed to be the founder of LVRG, a digital education company that provides business and legal trainings to women of color. 

We’ve created Handle Your Business, a weekly show that teaches working women of color how to monetize their expertise, make a difference, and see themselves as entrepreneurs.

We also offer training programs for working professionals and academics who want the formula for creating multiple revenue streams, starting a business, and leveraging intellectual property.   

My sweet spot is helping:

– Working professionals who feel like there’s more to life than what they’re doing at work.

– Experts who think about their big ideas all the time but don’t know how to pursue them.

– Smart people who want to monetize their knowledge but who don’t see themselves as “entrepreneurs.”

Women of color are made to be innovators and entrepreneurs. But, many of us don’t have the step-by-step formula to make it happen.  

We are often underestimated, paid the least, and denied access the most.

I know you have great ideas. But, you’re discouraged and distracted by your day-to-day career and life. You don’t believe you have the time or know-how to make it happen.

I do the work that I do because I want to help you shift your mindset, find the time to pursue your big ideas, and create income streams that lead to financial freedom.

In short, I want to help you do what you’re made for while being paid for it.

When I started searching for what I was made to do, I was a highly paid lawyer at a big firm. The work was interesting but didn’t feel like the thing I was meant to do.

I didn’t know how to get myself on a different track, but every day I felt the pull to do something else. Even without knowing what that was or how to do it, I quit less than two years after starting.

Okay, so I didn’t juuuust quit.

I cut all my hair off, ended the relationship I was in at the time, and traveled to South Africa for the summer.

Yeah, I was OVER IT over it.  

While in South Africa, I was exposed to a completely new way of life and thinking. Being there lit a fire inside of me to find out what I was made to do in my own life to positively impact other people’s lives.

When I came back to the U.S., I got a temporary fellowship as a professor and started my first business. My academic career flourished, but the business eventually failed . . . royally.

But, I failed forward, learned from my missteps, and figured out how to combine full-time academia with entrepreneurship.

Which leads me to today.  

With the knowledge I’ve gained in my academic career, I’ve branded myself as an expert, created multiple revenue streams, and found my voice as an entrepreneur.

I’ve built both intrapreneurial and entrepreneurial paths and found meaning in both.

This is why I’ve been named one of the Top 40 Young Lawyers in the United States (twice), one of 200 Black Women in Tech to Follow on Twitter (twice), and an Inspiring Woman in STEM by INSIGHT into Diversity magazine.

I’ve appeared on some of my favorite platforms, like NPR, Hear to Slay with Roxane Gay and Tressie McMillan Cottom, and TEDx.

I’ve also helped hundreds of women (and some men!) monetize their knowledge and life experiences.

Especially those who have no desire to quit their full-time jobs and don’t really see themselves as entrepreneurs.  

Spoiler alert: entrepreneurship isn’t just for 20-somethings in hoodies who drop out of college or corporate America.

You can also leverage your knowledge to build a brand and discover your own path as an entrepreneur.

And I want to be your guide.

This is what I was made to do, and I want to help you do what you are made to do too.

I can teach you how to monetize your knowledge, own your intellectual property, and build the kind of business that makes impact and income.

Whether you quit your full-time job is up to you.

This is a business, and we do sell things. I’m proud of the amazing suite of programs and trainings we sell that have changed people’s lives.

We also offer a ton of free resources here and on the Handle Your Business show. I’m a teacher at heart, so my content often feels like a dope, free classroom.

I’m thrilled that you found your way here and I hope we stay connected.

Become a member of my tribe today by taking the Income Stream Quiz, which will show you how you can monetize your knowledge and expertise in less than three minutes.

After taking the quiz, you’ll also start getting my weekly newsletter, where I share tips and strategies about law, business and life. I also share things there that I don’t share anywhere else.

You can also find me on YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

Thanks for reading to the end! I’m grateful that you’re here and hope to see you in the tribe.

Shontavia