Carol Tucker

Carol Tucker joined 84000 as Communications Editor in March 2024. Carol is the editor of our bi-weekly newsletter, develops content, and helps craft messaging for a variety of 84000's public-facing communications. A communications professional, Carol started her career as a newspaper reporter in Los Angeles and later served as a senior public relations specialist with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), which is the largest municipal utility in the US. In this position, she specialized in strategic communications and creating content across multiple platforms, including digital, print, and social media. She won several public relations awards on behalf of LADWP for major events and publications.

She previously worked for many years at the University of Southern California writing feature articles and pitching stories to news media to showcase faculty members’ books and research. Carol has a bachelor’s degree in Communications Studies from UCLA and separate master’s degrees in Print Journalism and Public Administration from the University of Southern California.

Since first meeting the Dharma in 2013, Carol has trained and received teachings in many Tibetan Buddhist practices under the guidance of Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche, and Tskonyi Rinpoche. She feels a deep connection with the Dharma and blessed to have met such clear and kind teachers. She is thrilled to be part of the 84000 working to bring Dharma to more people throughout the world.