Tom O’Mara had a long career at Washington International School, which included teaching, coaching, and many other responsibilities. As O’Mara has dedicated almost his whole life to our school, I wondered what he is up to in his life outside of WIS. 

TikTok is a popular social media app mostly used by young adults and teenagers, however, that is not the only demographic who uses and posts on the app. One day I was scrolling through my for you page, and I noticed a viral video pop-up from a creator named ‘tmdad14’, and the man starring looked very familiar.

After a deeper investigation into the account, I discovered that it was Tom O’Mara, our old athletic director, running this page. He achieved stardom through his unique dancing abilities, which he never seemed to show off at WIS. Dancing is not his only forte as he also incorporates some of the athletic ablilities he got from playing Minor League Baseball, and High School Basketball.

He has attempted to mask his old identity by publicly claiming that he is a practicing dentist with a family. Obviously, O’Mara has gone to an extreme extent to mask his new identity from the WIS community, even hiring actors to be his ‘children’, as seen in this video.

As he was once considered by some as ‘the Donald Trump of WIS’, it is clear he has the abilities of a pathological liar and has shown them through his new-found TikTok Stardom. His videos have gotten very popular and he continues to attract more followers on the app.