Tara Walker graduated with an Associates of Science degree in May 2016 from Pellissippi State Community College. She is currently pursuing a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Tennessee Technological University.
She is an assistant teacher at Starting Points Day Care in Knoxville, a Tennessee Promise Mentor to incoming freshmen at Pellissippi State, and a Tennessee Achieves ambassador. She has also served as a supplemental instructor at Pellissippi State, an intern at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, a soccer coach, and a volunteer peer tutor.
She finished first in the Tennessee Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges competition at Pellissippi State, and she is a recipient of the Tennessee Space Grant Consortium for women in engineering, funded by NASA. Tara lives in Knoxville.