Tykeysha Boone received her Bachelors (BS) in Psychology with a minor in Community Health Education, and her Masters of Public Health (MPH) from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Mrs. Boone is currently a doctoral candidate (ABD- All But Dissertation) in Public Health with a concentration in Community Health Education/Health Promotions at Walden University. She is a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and continues to participate in professional development courses and trainings particularly as they related non-profit management and community planning and organization.

Mrs. Boone has worked since 1998 in the grantsmanship arena, holding positions of research assistant, senior program coordinator, and clinical trials administrator at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Mrs. Boone has served as the Director of the Department of Education and Outreach for a non-profit organization which focuses on providing residential assistance and prevention education for those living with and affected by HIV/AIDS. Mrs. Boone is published in a number of peer-reviewed research journals and is currently a peer reviewer for the American Journal of Public Health. She is Certified HIV Instructor, a member of the American Association of Grant Professionals, Society of Public Health Educators, American Association for Health Education, American Public Health Association, National Cervical Cancer Coalition, and the Alabama Comprehensive Cancer Control Coalition.

Mrs. Boone is the founder and chief consultant of Perfecting Wellness, LLC. The company provides consultation for strategic planning and communications, program/curriculum development; grant proposal writing, funding sources research, fundraising, nonprofit formation and development, and professional training. Mrs. Boone has successfully developed and managed numerous local, state, and federal-level proposals.