Latoya Shauntay Snell is a road and trail ultra runner, obstacle course racer, novice road cyclist and plus size adventurer from Brooklyn, NY. By profession, she is a freelance chef, photographer and the founder of Running Fat Chef, a personal and uncensored fitness and food blog about her experiences as a plus size athlete of color. Latoya is a contributing writer to several platforms such as Runner’s World, Huffington Post, Gear Junkie and known for her viral article, ‘I’m a Plus-Size Runner and I Got Heckled at the New York City Marathon’ for The Root.

As a self professed ‘accidental activist’, Latoya covered topics ranging from body positivity in fitness, fat shaming, journaling chronic disabilities and sharing personal narratives about her fitness endeavors.

She has been featured on multiple platforms such as Redbook Magazine, BuzzFeed Health, People’s Magazine, SELF, Refinery29, FabUPlus and Women’s Health highlighting her experiences as an openly bisexual plus size athlete of color. Within a five year span, she’s completed close to 200 running and obstacle course events. As a road and trail ultra runner, Snell completed over 15 marathons, 5 ultra marathons and at least 20 half marathons.

Outside of being an official HOKA ONE ONE athlete, she is a brand ambassador to Skirt Sports, Swiftwick Socks, Ultimate Direction, Skratch Labs, Squirrel Nut Butter, iKOR Labs, BOCO Gear and partnered with several companies such as Tampax and Jaybird.

She is the cohost of The Long Run with Martinus and Latoya under the 300 Pounds and Running podcast. Latoya recently finished a two month long marathon tour, totaling 200 miles --one of which included the Javelina Jundred 100K followed up with the NYC Marathon less than a week apart. Latoya is a mother to a preteen and married for 12 years. As a body positivity activist, she heavily advocates for the rights of all athletes at every size, background and personal identity.