curriculum vitae

Education

Master of Philosophy (MPhil) Interdisciplinary Gender Studies
University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago

Bachelor of Science (BSc) Psychology
University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago

Teaching Experience at University Level

University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago

Undergraduate Courses: Social Media and Gender (2022); Discourses of Development and Globalisation (2020); Geopolitics and Political Geographies (2019-2020); Geographies of Equality and Social Justice (2018); Geographies of Food (2018); Men and Masculinities in the Caribbean (2018/2019/2023); Gender, Ethnicity and Class in the Caribbean: Issues of Identity, Nation and Citizenship (2018); Gender and Development with reference to Caribbean Society (2017); Introduction to Women’s Studies (2014)

Certificate Courses: Gendering Caribbean Studies (2023)

Fellowships

Breakthrough Fellow, Bocas Lit Fest, Trinidad and Tobago. 2024

Writing Fellow, Equimundo (formerly Promundo-US), Washington D.C., United States of America. 2019-2020

Creative Arts Residencies

Obsidian Foundation (United Kingdom) Retreat for Writers, United Kingdom. 2020

The 10th Cropper Foundation Writers’ Workshop for Emerging Writers, Trinidad and Tobago. 2019

Social and Community Leadership

Co-founder and Director, Association of Youth Development Professionals, Trinidad and Tobago. 2024-present

Advisor, Future Leaders Network, Caribbean Development Bank, St. Michael, Barbados. 2023-present

Director, Catholic Commission for Social Justice, Archdiocese of Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. 2022-present

Master, MPower: Male Empowerment Programme, Ministry of Sport and Community Development, Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. 2022-2023

Founding Steering Committee Member, Global Student Forum, Brussels, Belgium. 2020-2021

Trinidad and Tobago Representative, Caribbean and Americas Regional Working Group, Commonwealth Students’ Association, United Kingdom. 2018-2021

President, Guild of Students, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago. 2011-2012

Awards and Honours

Research and Education

Elsa Goveia Scholarship for Caribbean Studies, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago. 2020-2022

Social and Community Leadership

Identified for “dynamic and trailblazing activism countering violence against women and girls” in Apoitical’s 50 Gender Equality Game Changers list of leaders in the public service. 2024

Distinguished Alumni of the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, on the Occassion of the 75th Anniversary of UWI, UWI Alumni Association, Trinidad and Tobago. 2023

Awardee, Top 10 Overall Caribbean Youth of the Year Award, Caribbean Regional Youth Council. 2023

L. Anthony Watkins Award for Advocacy, Human Resource Management Association of Trinidad and Tobago. 2023

Honourary Life Member, Guild of Students, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus. 2022

National Youth Award for Leadership, Ministry of Child, Gender and Youth, Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. 2011

Director’s Award for the Best Exemplar of the Spirit of BATCE, Bishop Anstey Trinity College East Sixth Form School, Trinidad and Tobago. 2008

Creative Arts – Competitions & Prizes

“Love Shrouded by Ackee Trees,” poem, Poetry Archive Now! Worldview 2024 Winner, Poetry Archive, United Kingdom. 2024

“Season of Grief,” poem, Poetry Archive Now! Worldview 2022 Winner, Poetry Archive, United Kingdom. 2022

Bridget Jones Award for Caribbean Arts, Society for Caribbean Studies, United Kingdom. 2020/2021