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Tahira Chloe Mahdi is a Maryland native who got a little bit of her education a few years back at Morgan State University and the Broadcasting Institute of Maryland. From 1997 to 2000, she worked in the radio industries of Baltimore and Washington, D.C. at such stations as WTEM-AM, WXYV-FM (V103) and WPGC - FM & AM. A staff writer position with Take Me Out to the Go-Go Magazine proved to be more spiritually fulfilling than her radio career, so Tahira decided to pursue her lifelong dream of being a full-time writer. Six months later, God Laughs, Too was completed. In the beginning stages of book promotion, Tahira did Public Relations and Promotion work for Jokes On Us Comedy Club and several small D.C. area businesses. The year 2002 brought Tahira back to broadcast media with her own television talk show, “Tuff Crowd,” and duties as producer, floor director and fill-in host for multicultural talk shows and music video programs on Washington’s WIAV-TV 58. In 2003, she relinquished her television work in order to go on a national book tour and start her own company, Tuff Crowd Conglomerate. Through Tuff Crowd Conglomerate, she does freelance writing and entertainment reporting for magazines, webZines, and television programs. Her second book, How to Be Queen of the Universe, is a fun and inspirational survival guide for women that became a local bestseller on its first day of release. Tahira shared her talents as an instructor at the Broadcasting Institute of Maryland between 2005 and 2007. However, in August 2007, she changed the game with a metamorphosis from Teacher to Student! Now attending the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, the only thing she does full-time these days is STUDY! With a 3.85 GPA, Tahira has proudly accepted several grants and scholarships to assist her in her pursuit of an undergraduate degree in Psychology. As a Managing Coordinator for Take Me Out to the Go-Go Magazine / www.tmottgogo.com (alias "Ninety-Nine"), Tahira co-hosts "TMOTT TV" on the TMOTTGoGo channel on YouTube and as a co-host of the "Kato & TMOTT Crew Morning Show" on www.gogoradio.com. Tahira has been writing since the age of 4. Her first writing attempts were poems, plays and short stories, which she wrote as a hobby. She showed such a knack with the big fat pencil that she was offered a scholarship for a college English course when she was in the third grade. Since she was already the youngest in her class, having skipped a grade, her parents declined the opportunity. By the mid-80's, Tahira - like most writers at the time - had been bitten by the Hip Hop bug and her writing was done through rap lyrics. At Oxon Hill High School, Tahira was able to express herself creatively with other young Hip Hop artists for school talent shows and fun while improving her technical writing through the school newspaper. Her career path has allowed her to experience all aspects of media and writing, and she looks forward to new opportunities as they present themselves in conjunction with her Psychology degree. "As you stay / for the play / Fantasy has in store for you... / Glowing light will see you through... / It's your day / shining day / All your dreams come true..." - Earth, Wind & Fire, "Fantasy"
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| How to Be Queen of the Universe | Pics | God Laughs, Too | |
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