Tanya M. Staples, is a CFP®  Professional and financial planning professor at Conestoga College. Tanya spent 15 years in private practice and volunteering to support the development of technical knowledge curriculum for the Certified Financial Planner®  designation.

She hold a honours bachelor's degree in political science and French from Wilfrid Laurier, a master's in political science/labour studies from McMaster University  and is a third-year PhD student at Kansas State University’s personal financial planning program.

Tanya is a FP Canada Planning Assumption Guidelines Committee member, an Editorial Board member of the Financial Planning Research Journal and a Taskforce member for the Canadian Centre for Women’s Empowerment.