Tara Criscuolo (she/her) is a creative and values-driven marketer with over 13 years of experience in brand management, marketing and communications strategy, storytelling, and creative direction. She has also recovered from an eating disorder, and her healing journey — paired with the loss of a close friend to suicide — spurred her passion for normalizing mental health, dismantling diet culture, and building a world that's both equitable and safe.

By bridging her professional knowledge and personal experience, Tara brings a wholistic approach to her work, prioritizing lived experience and safe storytelling. These are just some of the organizations she’s supported:

• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

• ANAD

• Girls Inc. of the Pacific Northwest

• NAMI Multnomah

• Project HEAL

When she’s not working, Tara spends her time reading (and running Literary Itinerary Challenge!), hiking, playing softball, collecting buttons/pins, and snuggling her rescue pup Mazie. She is based in Portland, OR.