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Tarah Tackett

Advocate Coordinator

Department(s)
Care Center
Office
SSC-A 255
Mail Code
2025
Phone
702-895-0603

Biography

Tarah Tackett is the Care Advocate Coordinator at the UNLV Jean Nidetch Care Center and a social justice advocate. Tarah is a first-generation graduate from UNLV, where she received her Bachelors in Psychology with a minor in Family Studies. Tarah discovered her devotion for anti-violence and healing-centered work in 2019, after becoming a volunteer advocate at the CARE center. She hopes to connect the community opportunities for healing and reclaiming power. 

When Tarah is not at work, she enjoys spending time with her loved ones, reconnecting with nature, engaging in self-care activities like crafting with clay or tufting rugs, film photography, celebrating her body with roller skating, and going thrifting for unique finds.