Tara Adams has been working with children, families, and communities for over 20 years. She first worked as a family daycare provider and volunteer community organizer while raising her babies in rural northern California. During this time, she began studying child development and helped to organize a community stream restoration project, leading community meetings with children in tow. After moving To New Mexico in 2005 with her husband and three sons, Tara worked as a family daycare provider and instructional assistant in the public schools before taking a job at the First Born Program in 2014. As a home visitor working with families from pregnancy through three years of age, she realized that working with parents and young children together was her passion. Tara completed dual majors in Early Childhood Education and Family Support and Social Work at Western New Mexico University, graduating summa cum laudein 2019. Having completed her fieldwork with JJAB under Santina Shije, Tara decided to become a family resource specialist, working primarily with the elementary school population. This is work that allows her to engage with community, parents, and children simultaneously, creatively combining the skills learned in previous work and education.