Meet the ALTA team.

Officers, Team + Board

ALTA Fresno Team

  • Nia Marie Hodge

    FOUNDER + CEO

  • Huldah Dauid

    CURRICULUM + PROGRAM ANALYSIS

  • LeCandis Judge

    RESIDENT ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST

ALTA Board of Directors

  • Sloan Golden

    BOARD MEMBER

  • Marsha Jones

    BOARD MEMBER

  • Emma Williams

    BOARD MEMBER

Our Officers

Nia Marie Hodge | Founder + Executive Director

Nia Marie is a champion for BIPOC women. Nia facilitates by helping young women discover their purpose and beauty in adversity. Nia helps equip women with the practical tools to navigate through challenging seasons in their lives by using universal, functional, and spiritual principles to apply to their lives.


Nia has been a business owner for over 26 years embellishing beauties with her gift as a cosmetologist, apprenticeship trainer, mentor, and business coach. Nia has experienced many blessings standing behind the chair in her salon, and now she takes the time to stand before you and share truths she discovered from experience.

Nia Marie, a teenage mother and a single mother of 5 children, turned entrepreneur and advocate. Nia’s heart to serve is a passed down family legacy; she recalls hearing her elders always telling the family to love each other, check on each other and take care of each other. As a child, that resonated deeply with her because she not only heard it but watched unconditional love and service within her family. As a result, Nia understands the importance of mentorship and investing time and love in others. As a Teen Mother in Highschool, Nia was a speaker and advocate for teen mothers to graduate from high school and deter through the Teen Pregnancy Resource Center initiative. Nia’s passion for people and belief that anyone can succeed if given the tools is why she started a Non-Profit to equip, engage, and empower others. Her passion for giving back and helping women and whole communities turn their grief, loss, and injustices into empathy and triumph has led her to operate in multiple capacities. 

Nia is the Author of —

Food for Life : Healthy Recipes with a Soulful Twist

 Beauty from Brokenness: Lessons Learned in The Storm

“Blog “Keepin it Royal” WordPress. 

 

Nia is a sought-after speaker for her signature talk — “Where you come from does not define you!” 

Nia believes “no one cares how much you know until they know how much you care.” 

Huldah Dauid is a renowned Biblical Hebrew educator, linguist, and cultural historian. She is the founder of All Things Royal Roots and Royal Roots Academy. Huldah believes that All Things attached to who we are, as ambassadors of the Kingdom on this earth, can affect All Things at the root level and actualize change.

 

She has authored over seven books of poetry, biblical studies, and history. Huldah recently created The Light Collective, a collective of others doing the work necessary to affect mental health, healing, and wholeness. She believes being whole is being well physically, emotionally, and spiritually. 

 

Huldah has a Masters of Art in Education and has traveled the world to learn, experience, and uncover the truths of the diaspora and the impact it has had on our cultural understanding. Huldah is currently working on her Doctorate in Educational Leadership at Fresno State. Huldah’s favorite pastimes include reading, writing, traveling, and sharing quality time with her daughters. 

Dr. Huldah Dauid | Chief Program Officer