Joy McLaughlin-Harris is a native of Gadsden, South Carolina. Joy is a Shift Speaker, Leadership Educator, Rebrandologist™️ and Realtor.  She is the owner of Happy Joy Homes, Touch of Joy International and Touch of Joy Youth Foundation where she provides scholarships to young entrepreneurs that want to start their own business.

Joy has an Associates of Arts Degree, Bachelor of Psychology and Masters in Organizational Leadership and Development. Outside of being a successful entrepreneur, she is a renowned Published Author, Certified Financial Literacy Coach, Community Activist, Wife and Mother.

In 2011 Joy was nominated and crowned Columbia, South Carolina’s Phenomenal Woman of the year. In 2016 she was recognized by the Beauty Association and featured in Pastor’s Journal Magazine for her generous work in the community. In 2019 Joy was featured internationally in Hyphenette magazine and won Mompreneur of the year in Columbia, SC. Joy has been featured on television as an awesome business women, philanthropist and entrepreneur.

Joy has traveled the world teaching on leadership, entrepreneurship and mindset transformation. Joy continues to work hard each day creating a platform for women of color to express their voices as community leaders and successful entrepreneurs. She lives by the motto “failure is part of the process, only if you believe the process is part of your destiny”.