Shanna B. Tiayon
National Magazine Award Finalist
TEDx Speaker
Writing and speaking on topics of wellbeing and the ways we may infringe upon the wellbeing of others…
Hi, I’m Shanna! I’m a writer, speaker and small business owner working in the space of wellbeing.
I have a track record of following my bliss, starting with joining the U.S. Peace Corps in Cameroon, Africa. I later worked in the field of international development and lived in: Chad, Uganda and Rwanda. My interests next took me to pursue a PhD in Social Psychology, focused on physical and mental health in racial and ethnic minority populations, at the University of Maryland. While there I was a National Science Foundation and Ford Foundation Fellow.
Bringing together my professional experience…
Check out some of my writing:
If We Can Soar | Pipe Wrench
Vacation Memories Marred by the Indelible Stain of Racism | Longreads
The New Sisterhood of Black Female Homesteaders | Narratively
Curious about the other things I’m doing?
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