MEET OUR CONTRIBUTORS

ANU VARMA PANCHAL

Anu Varma Panchal has written and edited for area publications for nearly 20 years. She’s active on her children’s PTA boards, loves theatre, concerts, the local brewery scene and travel, and spends way too much time schlepping her 12 and 16-year-olds around in her minivan. She never leaves home without her library card. You can find her at youreditingsolutions.com.

TARA PAYOR, PH.D.

Tara Payor earned a Ph.D., in curriculum and instruction, from the University of South Florida. She’s a language arts educator and has taught students from the middle school level to adult learners at the doctorate level. A member of the Junior League of Tampa and KNOW Women, she has two children, Harlow and Hendrix. You can reach her at tara@tbparenting.com.

JULIE TINGLEY

Julie Tingley is a 10-year Tampa transplant who has found her way through numerous professional and parenting transitions by maintaining focus on her daily inspirations: Ella, 7, and Kate, 4. With a vision of a better future for her girls, she has introduced the KNOW Women, a women’s publication and community, to Tampa Bay.

MAGGIE RODRIGUEZ

Maggie Rodriguez co-hosts the nationally-syndicated lifestyle show, "Daytime" on WFLA, Channel 8. She recently returned to TV after taking a 10-year break to raise her two children. During her career, Maggie reported and anchored the news in Miami, Los Angeles, and at the network level in New York as the host of "The Early Show" on CBS. She now lives in South Tampa, which she calls the perfect place to raise a family.

KELLEY K. SIMS

Kelley K. Sims serves as Chief Development Officer for Feeding Tampa Bay. Her responsibilities encompass corporate, foundation and individual philanthropy; marketing and branding; and volunteer relations, organizational events and donor communications. Feeding Tampa Bay serves over 1 million people, having provided 85 million meals in 2020 alone within its 10-county region.

AMANDA JONES

Amanda Jones is a Learning Experiences Consultant with the Tampa- Hillsborough County Public Library. Amanda is bilingual in English/Spanish and one of her professional goals is to use this skill to help develop and promote the library system’s bilingual programming for youth and adults.

CHRIS STURGEON

Chris Sturgeon is a learning experiences consultant for Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library. He enjoys reading history books and learning new things.

DR. EBONY HUNTER

Dr. Ebony Hunter is a pediatric emergency medicine physician at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. She joined the hospital staff in 2018. Dr. Hunter earned her medical degree from Louisiana State University Health Science Center in Shreveport, Louisiana. She completed a pediatric residency at Arkansas Children’s Hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas, followed by a pediatric emergency medicine fellowship at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri.

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