Diaspora Dynamics, where we focus on keeping you abreast of the activities, achievements, and contributions of Vincentians all around the world. For this edition, we are pleased to feature Rachel Browne from Troumaca, North Leeward. Rachel is General Manager of award-winning Hermitage Bay Resort, a five-star hotel in Jennings, Antigua. Currently, she resides at St. John’s, Antigua, along with her husband Jerry Browne, and daughter Ari-Rose. By Tricia Reddock When I finally managed to catch up with her, the first thing I noticed about Rachel was her unbridled enthusiasm for her career in hospitality. She loves her job. It radiates…
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Diaspora Dynamics, where we focus on keeping you abreast of the activities, achievements, and contributions of Vincentians all around the world. For this edition, we are pleased to feature Molly Gillinda John from Dickson, North Windward. Molly is an Assurance Partner at Ernst & Young’s US corporate headquarters in New York City. She resides in Norwood, NJ with her husband and their two children. By Tricia Reddock Once upon a time, over the hills and far away at Dickson, in the parish of Charlotte, there lived a brilliant little girl named Molly Gillinda John. Molly, who is of African descent…
Diaspora Dynamics, where we focus on keeping you abreast of the activities, achievements, and contributions of Vincentians all around the world. For this edition, we are pleased to feature Sean Macleish from Upper Sion Hill.The windy city of Chicago, Illinois, USA, is where Sean now calls home. He has created a comfortable existence as a Cytotechnologist. “As a young man growing up in SVG, I was being told I was too feminine. To me, this points to misogyny because it was said in a negative manner, as an insult to women. At the time, I didn’t understand what I was channeling,…
Diaspora Dynamics, where we focus on keeping you abreast of the activities, achievements, and contributions of Vincentians all around the world. For this edition, we are pleased to feature Rowald “Felly” Derrick from Cane Hall. Felly is a former Radio Frequency Engineer and currently owns and operates Felly Belly Juice Bar at Rodney Bay, Gros Islet, St. Lucia where he resides. 12/10/2016 Momentous Mentalism Growing up as a little boy at Cane Hall, St. George, in the 1980s, Rowald “Felly” Derrick dreamed of flying off to faraway lands piloting airplanes. Visualizing that dream was a pioneering spirit, rooted in…
Kathy Allen Bruney is thoughtful, she is methodical. She is logical, and she is analytical. These qualities quickly became evident once we started speaking. She carefully considered each question, lulling it over in her mind, before answering quite thoroughly in her measured, easy tone. This methodology drove her academic and career decisions, “I wanted to introduce and work with the computer systems in the business world. I love computer programming because that is how I think. It teaches you to be logical and disciplined. I love problem solving and methodical thinking.” Life for Kathy started off in the sleepy hills…
I am pleased to be contributing a weekly human interest feature to the weekend edition of NEWS784 called Diaspora Dynamics, where we will focus on keeping you abreast of the activities, achievements, and contributions of Vincentians all around the world. This week, I had the pleasure of speaking with Dornel Kirby an American Vincentian by way of parents Tammy Kirby and Wayne Dennie of Rose Place, Kingstown. Dornel is a full-time college student, fashion designer, recording artist and entrepreneur, based in Brooklyn, NY, USA. 27.11.2016 Walking through Medgar Evers college campus with Dornel Kirby proved very revealing. He strode through…
I am pleased to be contributing a weekly human interest feature to the weekend edition of St Vincent Times called Diaspora Dynamics, where we will focus on keeping you abreast of the activities, achievements, and contributions of Vincentians all around the world. This week, I had the pleasure of speaking with Max Walker of Layou, an electrician, entrepreneur, and environmental activist based in Capitol Heights, Maryland, USA. Max Walker has some questions. He has a lot of questions. Max has lots and lots of questions. Want to know his burning question? Here it goes. “What is my purpose in life,…
I am pleased to be contributing a weekly feature for the weekend edition called Diaspora Dynamics, where we will focus on keeping you abreast of the activities and contributions of Vincentians in the diaspora all around the world. For my first feature, I had the pleasure of speaking with Stacey Delpesche of Redemption Sharps, a cosmetologist, and entrepreneur, based in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Redemption Song Her soft spoken voice belies the ambition and focus propelling her to continue challenging herself to create her own pathway. I had the rare opportunity to pin lovely Stacey Delpesche, a Garifuna from Petit…