She graduated from UCSD with a B.S. in Animal Physiology and Neuroscience, and a Ph.D. from Cornell University in Nutritional Biochemistry. She has taught courses at San Francisco State University and Notre Dame de Namur University since 2007. She has also been teaching science in elementary and junior high school classrooms since 2006. Tacha enjoys baking and loves to share the results with friends and colleagues! She also enjoys cooking, reading and spending time with family and friends.