Tamara is an instructor in the University of South Carolina Upstate’s Mary Black School of Nursing; her primary responsibilities include teaching child-health nursing. She graduated from Gardner-Webb University, earning bachelor’s and master’s of science degrees in nursing. She also received her post-master’s certification in advanced practice from the University of South Carolina Columbia. Tamara specializes in pediatric nursing and holds a board certification for pediatric nursing. She has nursing experience in the inpatient acute setting.