About Us
Tiara Cash, M.S., M.A., MCMA
Founder & Owner
Executive Director of Holding Space (i.e., Programming)
Equitable Mindfulness Practitioner
Crowned Vitta LLC is a multi-disciplinary company serving communities through the concepts of mindfulness, meta-awareness, and meaningful self-relationships and relationships with others. Founder and Owner, Tiara Cash (she/they), was born and raised in Memphis, TN. She is a Black American & Indigenous (Non-enrolled Choctaw & Cherokee descendant) queer woman, and a former student-athlete who holds a Bachelor’s degree in Exercise and Wellness from Arizona State University and two Masters degrees – one from Western Illinois University in Kinesiology (dual concentration in Sports Psychology and Fitness/Wellness Management) and one in Psychology from Simon Fraser University. She is currently completing her doctorate in Social Psychology at Simon Fraser University (expected June 2025) and is a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholar.
Tiara is a certified Mindfulness Instructor (with the Mindfulness Institute for Emerging Adults and ASU’s Mindfulness Leadership Certificate). She has a 20+ year personal practice of mindfulness and meditation and as a practitioner of mindfulness for the last 8 years, she has worked in various settings including higher education, athletics, and the non-profit sector.
Featured on NPR (National Public Radio) as an expert and through her TedxSFU talk, Tiara is creator of the Equitable Mindfulness Framework. This framework includes 3 tiers (personal protection, sustainability of practice, and creating programming with the population in mind), and a model that is utilized for contentious conversations across social differences. She currently uses these concepts to curate conferences, create presentations and workshops, and conduct trainings on mindfulness and equity through her business.
Importantly, Tiara has also worked in many community settings as an accomplice, including: speaking and coordinating anti-Black racism events, supporting anti-pipeline movements, and being present on many advisory committees that support systemically and intentionally marginalized groups (i.e., PoGM, 2SLQBQQIA+, Disabled communities, and many more.)
Academically, Tiara has been granted scholarships, grants, and awards for her work with mindfulness in the student-athlete population, mindfulness and equity/social justice, and creating transformative art with a foundation of mindful practice. For the last 3 years, she has been invited internationally to the speak and present on her research involving mindfulness and overlooked populations. Her research and career focuses include: delving into the intersections of mindfulness in systemically marginalized and unrepresented populations, and how prosocialiality buffers life transitions.
Tiara is also a budding author – completing her first children’s book “Little Brown Girl, You Belong” in September 2023. The book is a tribute to young brown women and girls and a reminder of how incredibly lucky the world is to have them as a part of it.
Tiara A. Cash (Curriculum Vitae)
