Dara Homer

Dara is a writer and advocate with a background in leadership development and education. She graduated with honors from Columbia University, completing a degree in English and Comparative Literature focused on contemporary drama. While at Columbia, she was selected for the Oxbridge Scholars Program and a theatre education internship with The 52nd Street Project. Teach for America brought her to Oklahoma, where she was a founding member of the inclusion council at CAP Tulsa and co-founded the Gay-Straight Alliance at the high school where she taught English. She also worked in operations at a nonprofit organization that identifies and connects leaders in the greater Tulsa community. Dara currently works at the Good Food Institute, where she plans and writes donor communications to inspire GFI's global community of supporters. She is a member of the Sentient Media Writers' Collective and has mentored with Magnify Mentoring and the Odyssey Mentoring Program. Dara serves on the board of DC Veg Week, an organization working to increase compassion toward animals in Washington DC.