Biography

I migrated to the United States from Georgetown, Guyana in my early childhood and settled in Brooklyn, New York. I received a scholarship from the Albert G. Oliver Program for high-achieving ethnically and racially diverse students from the inner-city to attend Westtown School, a Quaker boarding college preparatory school. The Oliver Program’s mission is to support historically marginalized and underrepresented students in navigating academic spaces through college to career. I attended Franklin & Marshall College, where I double-majored in Government and Africana Studies as a first-generation student. One of the most impactful experiences during undergraduate school was studying abroad back home in Guyana to research the transatlantic slave trade by the Dutch West India Company and the indentured servitude of Indians by the British Empire in Guyana. My internship experience was also in Guyana, shadowing then President Bharat Jagdeo, working specifically in the Ministry of Trade, Industry & Commerce and the Ministry of Culture, Youth & Sports.

Having been the beneficiary of tremendous support to break down barriers for students with marginalized identities, I pursued a career in access and support in academia. I began my professional journey at the University of Pennsylvania in Access & Achievement Programs and the Career Center. Recognizing the importance of funding to advance access and equity, I later transitioned to Moorestown Friends School as the Director of Annual Giving. Upon moving to Rhode Island, I eventually returned to my home in career services at the University of Rhode Island, where I served in the Center for Career & Experiential Education, focusing on Career Advocacy, Inclusive Programming, and Visual Identity.

Currently, I serve as the Director of Community and Organizational Development in the Office of Community, Equity and Diversity to enhance and increase the capacity of the URI community to build a people-centered, inclusive culture, rooted in the strategic mission of the university.