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Michael Latt, a 33-year-old marketing strategist and social justice advocate leaves behind a legacy of uplifting marginalized artists — but he didn’t foresee this path for himself.

The Hollywood community is in a state of shock and mourning for Michael Latt, the Lead With Love chief exec who was killed on his doorstep Monday night. Latt’s life was devoted to selfless service spreading positivity and in particular creating opportunities for artists of color and women. 

Today we’d like to introduce you to Michael Latt. Thanks for sharing your story with us Michael. So, let’s start at the beginning and we can move on from there. I was born and raised in Los Angeles, California where I lived with both of my parents and my older brother and primarily focused on football and baseball most of my years in school.

A few years before filmmaker Ava DuVernay’s reincarnation of the Central Park Five story in the Netflix series When They See Us, energized the national conversation around racial bias in the criminal justice system, the 2013 film Fruitvale Station emerged as a rare and moving drama focused on black boys and their experiences with police violence.