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