Tara Linney is the Director of TL Specialists LLC, an organization focused on supporting educators with meaningful, SEL-focused technology integration.

She holds an M.S. in the Science of Instruction from Drexel University and a certification as an Instructional Technology Specialist. She has worked in schools across the U.S. and in both Singapore and France, supporting them with 1:1 and BYOD programs. In 2016, she received the 21st Century Learning Award for Innovation in Educational Coaching. Since the start of her career in Education, Linney has played an active role in many professional communities. She is also an ASCD Emerging Leader. In 2017, she served as the ISTE Global Collaboration PLN President, where she led an organizational pivot to focus on SDGs in Education. She has had the privilege to speak at over 100 conferences in 10 different countries and online, impacting the work of tens of thousands of educators all around the world. Tara is also the author of Code Equity: Keying Girls into Coding, as a guide for educators looking to make a more equitable learning environment for their students, particularly in the teaching of computer science topics.