Tambra Clark realized her purpose in education and tech, and now she’s helping young people in Birmingham, AL, realize theirs.
Clark, who grew up in Joliet, IL, where she was shaped by her experience as the oldest of six siblings in a single-parent household, she shared in an interview with AFROTECH. There she developed an early interest in tech. While attending Joliet Central High School, she joined the Tech Prep program and initially pursued computer science before being paired with a fourth-grade teacher, an experience that confirmed her decision to become an educator.
She enrolled at Joliet Junior College, majoring in elementary education. Then, she moved to Birmingham, AL, to further her studies at Miles College, an experience that built lifelong relationships that tied her to the city…