Let's Talk: Domestic Violence Month with Mikayla Hooper & Tarah Tackett, UNLV Jean Nidetch Care Center Coordinators
Mikayla Hooper is the Education & Outreach Coordinator at the UNLV Jean Nidetch Care Center and an advocate for social justice. Mikayla is a first-generation graduate from UNLV, where she received her Bachelors in Human Services. Mikayla discovered her passion in advocacy and anti-violence work in 2019, after becoming a CARE Advocate at the CARE Center. Mikayla inspires to bring awareness around anti-violence and healing to the community overall. Mikayla hopes to one day provide comprehensive sex education through an intersectional lens and create nonjudgmental and compassionate spaces to learn and communicate about sex.
Tarah Tackett is the Care Advocate Coordinator at the UNLV Jean Nidetch Care Center and a social justice advocate. Tarah is a first-generation graduate from UNLV, where she received her Bachelors in Psychology with a minor in Family Studies. Tarah discovered her devotion for anti-violence and healing-centered work in 2019, after becoming a volunteer advocate at the CARE center. She hopes to connect the community opportunities for healing and reclaiming power.
