curriculum vitae

EDUCATION

2018. MPhil. Interdisciplinary Gender Studies
The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus
Trinidad and Tobago

2011. BSc. Psychology
The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus
Trinidad and Tobago

TEACHING EXPERIENCE AT UNIVERSITY LEVEL

The 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

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

CREATIVE ARTS RESIDENCIES

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

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

SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP

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

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

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

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

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

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

AWARDS AND HONOURS

Research and Education

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

Social and Community Leadership

2023. Distinguished Alumni of The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, 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

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

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

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

Creative Arts – Competitions & Prizes

2022. Poetry Archive Now! Worldview 2022 Winner, Poetry Archive, United Kingdom

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