Dr. Tia Lites is currently the Principal of the Helen Y. Davis Leadership Academy Charter Public School in Boston, MA; which is the only Historically Black College/ University schematically themed Middle School in its District. In addition to her Secondary School Leadership, Tia is a Practicum Professor & Lecturer at the University of Massachusetts-Boston within the Graduate School of Education/ Educational Administration Program, as well as an Adjunct Professor at Lesley University specializing in Race, Equity, and Trauma Informed Teaching. In 2021, Tia founded "Dr.LitesProEd.com" to support culturally proactive Educators based on her professional practice using the Culturally Responsive School Leadership Framework within her own school community.

Tia is a Newton Public Schools graduate (Class of 2001) and former METCO Student. Upon graduation, she was awarded a Presidential Scholarship to Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, NC, where she earned her BA in Communication Arts & Marketing. In 2005, Tia was inducted into Alpha Kappa Mu National Honors Society. With her HBCU undergraduate experience complete, she returned to Massachusetts and earned a Master of Business Management from Cambridge College (2007) and a Master of Education from Lesley University (2010). Tia earned her Doctorate in Education in 2020; her defense was based on her research/data on positive outcomes for inner city Black students in urban schools where there are Black Principals or Vice Principals leading.