Tara Jefferson

Editor

Tara Pringle Jefferson brings more than 20 years of experience in nonprofit, higher education, and corporate communications. For the last 15 years, Jefferson has managed a boutique communications consultancy, with a focus on social media strategy, content writing, and editing for both digital and print outlets. Jefferson is a double Kent State University graduate, with a B.A. in magazine journalism and an M.A. in human development. (She loves telling stories about what makes humans human.) Her work has been featured in Essence, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, New York magazine's The Cut, and Sirius XM. Her first book, Bloom How You Must (Amistad/HarperCollins), was published in 2025 and took home Book of the Year honors at the Living Now Awards, which honors the best in personal development writing. When she’s not writing, she finds peace among her houseplants and flowers.