<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/about/newsroom/charles-street-chats-latoya-gomez.cfm" dsn="blogs"><featured>true</featured><pubDate>02/11/2026</pubDate><title>Career coach adopts lifelong learning to serve students</title><description>La-Toya Gomez works as a career manager for The University of Baltimore’s Career and Internship Center and career coach for the Merrick School of Business. Seeing the rising demand for knowledge about AI, La-Toya decided to enroll in the business school’s M.S. in Artificial Intelligence for Business program and hopes to translate what she learns in the classroom to better prepare her students for the jobs they have now and will have in the future.</description><author>Charles Street Chats</author><image><img src="https://www.ubalt.edu/about/newsroom/assets/images/csc-latoya-gomez-feature.jpg" alt="LaToya Gomez smiles while looking away from the camera. She sits in front of windows. "/></image><image-cap>La-Toya poses in the Student Center. </image-cap><quote>Students who understand AI's role in their field will have a significant advantage in the job market.</quote><quote-name>La-Toya Gomez</quote-name><quote-info>career manager</quote-info><tags><tag>Merrick School of Business</tag><tag>Student Life</tag></tags></item>