Latasha D. Mayes currently serves as the State Representative for Pennsylvania House District 24. She was first elected in 2022 and is serving her first term.

Mayes founded and served as CEO of New Voices for Reproductive Justice. She previously worked as a consultant, in a family law clinic at the YWCA, for a county government's Minority, Women, and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise, and as a trainer and educator at the Center for Victims.

Latasha was born in Fort Riley, Kansas and raised in West Philadelphia. She earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Pittsburgh and an master's degree in public policy and management from Carnegie Mellon University. She lives with her partner and their child in Pittsburgh.