Digital Nest

As Digital NEST’s grants manager, Tara manages corporate, government, and regional foundation grants. They have ten years of experience working with local nonprofits and thirteen years of experience working in higher education. Tara received their Ph.D. and M.A. in English and Latin Literature from UC Santa Cruz and their B.A. in English Education and Spanish from Southern Oregon University. When Tara’s not fundraising for the NEST, they’re gardening, hiking, traveling, helping organize humanities programming in the local community, and teaching racial justice courses at UC Sa