Education
Master of Philosophy (MPhil) Interdisciplinary Gender Studies
University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago
Thesis: Masculinities in the 21st Century Anglophone 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
Fellowship awardee, Journal of International Women’s Studies (2024-2025)
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
Art Writing Incubator, Burnaway, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America. 2025
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
Director, Catholic Commission for Social Justice, Archdiocese of Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. 2022-present
Advisor, Future Leaders Network, Caribbean Development Bank, St. Michael, Barbados. 2023-2025
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
Professional Service
Associate Editor, IYARIC Journal, York University, Canada. 2025-present
Grants
Global Community and Engagement Events and Outreach Fund, York University, Canada. 2025 (Co-applicant)
Catapult II: Caribbean Arts Grant, Kingston Creative, Jamaica. 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
Commonwealth Youth Worker Award (Caribbean & Americas Region), Commonwealth Alliance of Youth Workers’ Associations, United Kingdom. 2025
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
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
Shortlist and Honourable Mention, Colin Robinson Hard Head Award for Activism, CAISO: Sex and Gender Justice. 2023
Finalist, Caribbean Youth of the Year Award, Caribbean Regional Youth Council. 2023
Shortlist, Henry Charles Youth Mentor Award, Caribbean Regional Youth Council. 2023
Shortlist, National Youth Award for Learning and Academia, Ministry of Youth Development and National Services, the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. 2023
Shortlist and Honourable Mention, Colin Robinson Hard Head Award for Activism, CAISO: Sex and Gender Justice. 2022
Creative arts – competitions and prizes
“Ihmeköynnös,” poem, Poetry Archive Now! Worldview 2025 Winner, Poetry Archive, United Kingdom
“Love Shrouded by Ackee Trees,” poem, Poetry Archive Now! Worldview 2024 Winner, Poetry Archive, United Kingdom
“Season of Grief,” poem, Poetry Archive Now! Worldview 2022 Winner, Poetry Archive, United Kingdom
Bridget Jones Award for Caribbean Arts, Society for Caribbean Studies (United Kingdom). 2020/2021
Longlist, Commonwealth Short Story Prize, Commonwealth Foundation, United Kingdom. 2026
Longlist, Nature and Place Poetry Competition, The Rialto, United Kingdom. 2025
Honourable Mention, Elizabeth Nunez Award for Writers in the Caribbean (Short Story), Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival, United States of America. 2023
3rd place, John Robert Lee’s Canticle Competition, Peepal Tree Press, United Kingdom. 2020
Shortlist, Johnson and Amoy Achong Caribbean Writers Prize (Nonfiction), Bocas Lit Fest, Trinidad and Tobago. 2020
Honourable Mention (with Dominic de Bourg), Commonwealth Youth Video Contest (Short Film), The Commonwealth, United Kingdom. 2010