Ta'Mara Hill
Ta'Mara (Tuh-Mair-ruh) Hill is a Policy Officer at the Center for Victims of Torture, and was hired in 2021 to build CVT's portfolio on US based human rights abuses, targeting police brutality, criminal justice reform, and other related issues.
Ta'Mara has a demonstrated history of working in human rights in numerous states and three different countries. In addition, she has worked in the nonprofit, for-profit, government, and education sectors focusing on policy issues concerning education, public health, social insurance, waiver programs, legislation, race and gender based violence, and human security issues. She is passionate about coalition building and utilizing policy advocacy in conjunction with direct services to create lasting improvements within communities.
Ta'Mara has a Master of Human Rights (Policy) degree from the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Wiley College. While at Wiley she served as a Scholar for the White House Initiative on HBCUs. Between 2018-2019, she was a Fulbright Scholar in Athens, Greece.