Tara joined NLAI and moved to Guatemala in 2017.  She is originally from Godley, Texas and graduated from McMurry University in Abilene with her Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 2014.  Tara married William Fuentes in 2020, and in 2022 Tara earned her Master of Education with a focus in early childhood education in order to be better equipped for her work as director and Kindergarten teacher at Little Pasos Learning Center.  Tara and William have an adult son named Charlie who works at an English call center and a dog named Miles.