LaShana Broussard-Morris
MBA
LaShana Broussard-Morris is a design entrepreneur who owns graphic design company, Mpresion, LLC, where she and her team create “Beauty in Design" by developing customized digital and print materials such as booklets, banners, rack cards, posters, and logos for her clients.
At various times in her life, LaShana has owned companies which allowed her to use her creative and finance background. She founded and grew a line of bakeries in the Triangle where she created a variety of flavors, cake and cookie designs all from scratch. As a former investment advisor/ stockbroker, she created portfolios of stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and options for her client’s investment, retirement, and estate planning. LaShana has been creating since her youth when she designed and sold custom, personalized jewelry and baked goods.
She actively volunteers in her church, community, and within her children’s schools and activities.
As a New Orleans native, LaShana’s daily life was surrounded by the beauty of design in fashion, architecture, landscaping, music, food from the melding of French, Spanish, Caribbean, and Italian cultures throughout the city. It continues to impact her design thinking. LaShana loves travel, music, reading, and cooking and eating good food.
LaShana received her B.A. from Xavier University where she majored in Management Science, MBA from Meredith College, and is currently pursuing her Doctorate in the College of Design at North Carolina State University where she is researching the access of independent artisans to the global markets.
She and her husband of 22+ years, David, have 2 children, Victoria, 16 and David III, 12.