tarasmithphotography

Tara is a 2011 graduate of La Roche College majoring in Professional Writing and a 2007 graduate of Canon-McMillan High School. For about three years from 2007-2010, she wrote for The Almanac, Xpressions page. This past year, Tara served a term of service with KEYS ServiceCorp AmeriCorp where she worked as a Community Liaison running social groups and teaching computer literacy classes to adults, as well as becoming their Volunteer Coordinator for the Oakland Food Pantry. Tara is both nervous and excited to start this new chapter in her life. She is now realizing how the things she learned abut community in her term of service, comes to play in her own hometown.