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Lateefah Pruitt
Lateefah Pruitt is a proud native of Longview, Texas and a local business owner of State Realty. She is a Real Estate Broker, Property Manager, Appraiser Trainee and an Insurance Agent. Lateefah attended Texas Southern University in Houston, TX where she received her degree in Marketing and then Georgia State University where she majored in film/video. Lateefah was blessed to gain an internship in the Music Entertainment industry at Music World Entertainment owned by Mathew Knowles. There she did publicity for greats such as Beyonce, Kelly Rowland, Solange, Michelle Williams. Upon graduating she was hired full time. She then moved to Atlanta, GA attending Georgia State University where she landed another internship in the Film industry that lead to her working on several projects with Will Packer, HBO, and Tyler Perry. Ms. Pruitt has always came up with and executed creative, considerate, and compassionate ideas to assist others in the Houston, Atlanta and Longview communities.
From confronting homelessness thru personal giving of food, money, and needed items, assisting students thru her time in university student government to presently and utilizing her good standing with faculty and coworkers to help others, and most of all in her own circle of friends and associates who can always count on her; you know that Lateefah will take action when there is a need without anyone even asking. When Lateefah returned home there was never a question of what she would do. She began to thrive in excellence in her leadership and top producing skills with continuing to run a successful family business at State Realty that her parents, Marcus and Beverly Pruitt, started in 1980. She has created long-lasting and continuous business relationships with her leadership skills with her clients. Her parents raised her and her siblings on faith, integrity and work. On Saturdays they would get up early and clean homes and after school and during the summer Lateefah worked the front desk. So Lateefah had a special bond for State Realty and always knew she would return to continue her parent’s legacy. Community is important to Lateefah and she knows the importance of communicating with people directly.
Every opportunity given to her she meets to assist with the public. Lateefah is honest, kind, respectful, committed, dedicated, innovative, creative, she knows how to get things done, she stands up for what’s right and she’s approachable. She organizes, sponsors and oversees many public events such as Community Thanksgiving Dinner, Back to School Giveaways, Power Legacy Prep, Vegetarian Classes, Free Public Lectures for Home Empowerment Workshops and so much more. Ms. Pruitt recently became an elected official and serves as a Longview ISD Board of Trustee. She holds this position seriously as the children are the future and we must make sure that we do everything to put them first. She also is a part of the Salvation Army Board, Longview Housing Authority Board and The Goldie Legacy Board Mrs. Pruitt enjoys cooking healthy foods and traveling with her family. She is the mother of two daughters. Lateefah loves to work with the youth. She is a local poet and lives by the motto... This is the day that the Lord has made so I will not mess it up!
