Throughout her career, Tamara has mentored countless men and women, helping them understand how best to grow and apply their skills, navigate difficult situations, define their goals, and devise a course of action to achieve them. Whether as the Co- Chair of the MITRE Corporation’s STEM Council or an Advisory Board Member of Girls on the Run DC, Tamara takes delight in seeing others succeed. This passion led her to launch The College Application SpecialistTM, an educational consulting firm providing families and students with the information they need to confidently apply to higher-education opportunities that fit them academically, socially, and financially. Tamara has partnered with the Charles County Public Library and Prince George’s County Library (both in MD), the First Baptist Church of Glenarden, Alfred Street Baptist Church, and the Anne Arundel County NAACP to provide college admissions and financial aid knowledge to hundreds of parents and teens.

Drawing from her consulting background, Tamara enabled the two-person college counseling office of The American Dream School (Bronx NY) to provide high-touch advising to more than 50 juniors and seniors annually by constructing their College Counseling Manual. Tamara is now working with the Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing (APAH) to develop and implement a comprehensive college counseling program for 8th – 12th-grade students residing within properties managed by the Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing (APAH).