Tara Shephard is an American politician serving as a member of the

Arkansas House of Representatives The Arkansas State House of Representatives is the lower house of the Arkansas General Assembly, the state legislature of the US state of Arkansas. The House is composed of 100 members elected from an equal amount of constituencies across the ...

for the 79th district. Elected in November 2022, she assumed office on January 9, 2023.

Education

Shephard earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in criminal justice from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff in 1998 and a Master of Arts in criminal justice and corrections from the

University of Arkansas at Little Rock The University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UA Little Rock) is a public research university in Little Rock, Arkansas. Established as Little Rock Junior College by the Little Rock School District in 1927, the institution became a private four-year ...

in 2000.

Career

Prior to entering politics, Shephard worked as a teacher and substance abuse counselor. She served as a board member of the

Little Rock School District The Little Rock School District is a school district in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States. It is one of four public school districts in Pulaski County and encompasses of land nearly coterminous with the state's capital and largest city. In ...

from 2013 to 2015. Shephard was elected to the

in November 2022.

References

Living people Arkansas Democrats Women state legislators in Arkansas Members of the Arkansas House of Representatives University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff alumni University of Arkansas at Little Rock alumni African-American state legislators in Arkansas People from Little Rock, Arkansas Politicians from Little Rock, Arkansas Year of birth missing (living people) {{Arkansas-politician-stub