Education
Master of Philosophy (MPhil) Interdisciplinary Gender Studies
University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago
Thesis title: Masculinities in the 21st Century Caribbean: Challenging Male Privilege with Profeminist Personal Stories and Pedagogies
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
Civic 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 (Student Government), University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago. 2011-2012
Grants
Catapult II: Caribbean Arts Grant, Kingston Creative. 2022
Awards and Honours
Research and education
Elsa Goveia Scholarship for Caribbean Studies, 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, 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 and 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