User:Tameka J. Harris

Tameka Jacqueline Harris is a visionary with ambition and a passion for positive living. Loyalty, integrity and dedication are characteristics that under gird her foundation to be successful personally and professionally.

Mrs. Harris (formerly Wilson) attended Bowie State University, the oldest Historically Black College and University in Maryland, where she majored in Communications with a concentration in Media Management. Mrs. Harris concluded her undergraduate matriculation with honors on Saturday, May 21, 2005.

As a freshman at Bowie State (2001-2002), Mrs. Harris proved to be a well-rounded academic student. She has been involved in the following: Peer Educator of Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drug Prevention; The Bowie State University and Gospel Choirs; President of the Commuter Association; member of the English, Entrepreneurship, Business and Marketing clubs; advocate for students with disabilities through the Student Success and Retention Center; Miss Junior; Co-Captain and number two seed on the BSU Women's Tennis Team.

In addition to her reign as Miss Bowie State University 2004-2005, Mrs. Harris was also the reigning Miss National Black College Alumni (NBCA) Hall of Fame for the same year. Winning the coveted title in a national pageant consisting of 37 campus queens from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), enabled her to serve as the official spokesperson for the NBCA Hall of Fame Foundation, in addition to winning prizes, a scholarship and opportunities for travel.

Currently Mrs. Harris is a TV Production Coordinator at Oak Crest Village, an Erickson retirement community in Parkville, Md. There she maintains a variety of responsibilities: Host of "Good Morning Oak Crest" (the daily morning show); produces daily programming content, segments, commercials and ads; strategically plans, schedules and develops the weekly TV guide for the station; professionally directs shows, edits video, and operates a variety of studio equipment and cameras; builds relationships with staff, residents, vendors and guests who appear on the morning show; and she interviews a host of political figures, dignitaries, CEOs, leaders of organizations as well as company representatives (just to name a few). Please click here to watch her in action via the TamekaHarrisLive YouTube channel.

Today, Mrs. Harris is pursuing her Master's Degree in Entertainment Business from Full Sail University located in Winter Park, Florida.

Mrs. Harris continues to be inspired by her favorite quote by Philosopher Cecil Beaton which mandates one to, "be bold, be daring, be different, be impractical! Be anything that will assert an integrity of purpose and an imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace and the slaves of the ordinary."

She happily resides with her husband Daniel in Baltimore, MD.