Author

Tara Tucker

Tara Tucker is a best-selling author, certified life coach, certified solution-focused coach, and behavioral science professional. She is also a dynamic storyteller, innovative strategist, and faith-driven mentor. As a daughter of the Most-High God, Tara wears many hats—book and life coach, publisher, podcast host, workshop facilitator, and marketplace minister.

She is the founder and CEO of Tucker Publishing House, LLC, where she helps authors bring powerful, purpose-filled books to life. Tara is also the visionary behind Jewels Ladies of Prayer, an intercessory prayer group, and Her Authentic Voice™ , a global faith-based initiative and podcast that explores healing, identity, and the power of testimony.

Tara holds degrees in Pre-Psychology and the Arts, along with a Behavioral Science Certification from Macomb Community College. With over a decade of experience in coaching and consulting, she combines biblical wisdom, emotional intelligence, and personal testimony to help others grow, heal, and lead.

My Bio

Tara openly shares her journey to offer strength and remind others that their testimony is someone else’s breakthrough. Her impactful work has been featured on iHeart Radio’s Monica Morgan Speaks, Canvas Rebel, and The Michigan Chronicle.

Tara is deeply committed to youth empowerment for over 10 years. She has mentored youth through The IMAGINE Mentoring Program of Michigan and Citadel of Perpetual Learning, and she has facilitated numerous writing workshops—including the Prepare & Publish Youth Writing Workshops based on her children’s book, “I’m Not Too Little to Write a Book, and Neither Are You.”

Through her writing, coaching, and publishing programs, Tara empowers faith-driven women to embrace their voices, heal from within, and publish with purpose. She lives by her personal motto: #liveloveBEauthentic, committed to authentic living, spiritual growth, and building real connections.

Tara Tucker is a Stage 3 breast cancer survivor who lives with chronic lymphedema and has survived sepsis three times, including septic shock. Her journey did not end when treatment ended. It evolved into a deeper calling.

Since completing chemotherapy, radiation, and reconstruction, Tara has carried a burden for Black women navigating survivorship in silence. She understands the physical aftermath, the emotional shifts, the fear of recurrence, the body changes, and the invisible battles that continue long after the celebration bell rings.

The vision for Black Women Cancer Stories was born from her lived experience and her conviction that survival is not the finish line. Healing, voice, and legacy are. Tara believes Black women deserve spaces where their full survivorship stories are honored, not minimized.

Author of "Embracing Change"