A longtime writer, Tara studied journalism at Concordia University before beginning her career as a researcher at the International Labour Office in Geneva, Switzerland. She has spent time in Brazil, and taught journalism in the U.K. before taking up a reporter position with The Telegram in St. John's, NL in 2003. She has been the newspaper's arts and life reporter since 2008. She lives in St. John's with her husband and son, and enjoys photography, film and doing crafty things in her spare time.