The Rev’d Tariro Julian Matsveru was born in Zimbabwe and moved to the UK in 2006. She lives in Birmingham Diocese and was  an ordinand at Cranmer Hall, part of St John’s College, Durham, where she completed a three-year BA in Theology, Ministry and Mission. Prior to this, she studied Biomedical Sciences and has a Master’s degree in Biomedical Sciences in Microbiology and Clinical Chemistry. Tariro worked for Ipswich Hospital before the start of her theological training, and she also worked for the Diocese of Birmingham as a Mission Apprentice and served on the Birmingham Diocese Board of Finance.