Tara Vellinga

Tara is entering her sixteenth year in education where she has served as an elementary classroom teacher, an English Language Acquisition Specialist, and as a coach. She currently serves as an Instructional Coach in the Cherry Creek School District which is located just south of Denver, CO. Born in Nigeria, West Africa and raised in upstate New York, she has been a resident of Colorado since 2000. She is a momma of three active, brilliant, and beautiful children nine years of age and younger. They are her purpose. She enjoys music, travel, West African & Diasporic dance and culture, film, cooking and eating good food.