Biography of E. Tara Scurry

E. Tara Scurry (Ebony Tara Scurry) was born at Howard University Hospital in Washington D.C.

She's an organization and workforce effectiveness professional specializing in career management and inclusion from a sociological perspective.

She received her Bachelors from Sweet Briar College in Sociology with a minor in Law & Society where she completed a Senior Thesis on the “Attitudes toward Sexual Behaviors and the Significance of Sexual Conformity” which explored attitudes towards stigmatized sexual behavior and conditions and the consequences encountered because of the concept of “sexual deviance”. She has completed PhD level research based on participatory and observational research within the alternative community focusing on Goths, diversity issues, and what it means for members of sub-cultures in the workplace.

She is a Certified Career Management Coach and Certified Federal Job Search Trainer. She has passed the certification exam as a Professional in Human Resources (PHR). She holds a M.S. degree in Organization Development & Strategic Human Resources from the Carey Business School of Johns Hopkins University.

A pesco-vegetarian and native to the DC metropolitan area, she is also a recreational visual artist,focusing her artisic priorities upon self-expresstiona nd the pleasure therein.

Through her business, Tara Enterprises, LLC she writes creative literature (Moon Rose Literature division) and provides Career Management Solutions (Eidolon Career Solutions division).

In her spare time and under the not-so-secret pen-name ‘E.Tara Scurry’, she enjoys writing poetry, stories, and lyrics. She is the author of an award-winning compilation of poetry and short stories, Storm of Roses (iUniverse, 2006).  She has read poetry at Morehouse College, signed books at B. Dalton Booksellers, The Century Limited Inc. and Capitol Bookfest presented by The Washington Post. Among other radio appearances, she has interviewed with WSLB-AM, Watertown, New York on "The Dick Wilson Show", John Lorine of CNN Radio Network ( Atlanta), Thor Tolo of KGNW-AM "Live From Seattle", and Holly Campbell of WCFK-AM Chicago "What Women Can Do".

Her literary and visual art reflect her appreciation of the darker beauty and unique quirks of the world. Her poems and stories are taken from her own experiences and beliefs, inspired by music, film, literature, current events or the experiences of those around her.