David Codling
David Codling is the British Council Regional Arts Director, Americas. The interplay between the arts, politics, and social issues is a constant feature of his work.
Michael Logie
Michael Logie is an active writer and spoken word poet. He is the 2015 winner of the Courts Bocas Speak Out Secondary School Poetry Competition. He, along with three young poetic geniuses, represented Trinidad and Tobago this year at the Brave New Voices Poetry Festival in Washington DC. Back home, he does work with the […]
Keron Niles
Dr Keron Niles is a Lecturer at the Institute of International Relations at the University of the West Indies. His work focuses on problems that arise at the intersection of climate and energy policy. Dr Niles has been researching the link between industrial policy, international trade, and climate change in the Caribbean since 2008. Within […]
Dr. Jerome Teelucksingh
Jerome Teelucksingh is a lecturer in the Department of History at UWI, St Augustine. He focuses on the history of Afro-Caribbean activists and intellectuals, on Indo-Caribbean Diaspora in North America; on Pan-Africanism; on race, gender, and ethnic relations in the Caribbean; as well as labour history and the impact of Carnival and Calypso on Trinidad […]
Jillian Carreira
Jillian Carreira was born in the Caribbean Island of Trinidad and Tobago. She has obtained a Degree in Literature and Minor in Linguistics from the University of the West Indies, Trinidad. During her pursuit she received an Award of Excellence from the American Prose lecturer. Jillian presently teaches at a private school in Port of […]
Hadassah K. Williams
Hadassah K. Williams is a writer from Trinidad and Tobago, and the winner of the first BCLF Elizabeth Nunez Award for Writers in the Caribbean. A mentee of Earl Lovelace and Monique Roffey, she is currently working on her first novel and her work can be found in Moko Magazine and Interviewing the Caribbean. Her […]
Daniel José Older
Daniel José Older is a Brooklyn-based writer, editor, and composer. He is the author of the Bone Street Rumba novels, including Half-Resurrection Blues; the ghost noir collection, Salsa Nocturna; and the Young Adult novel Shadowshaper.
Désha A. Osborne
Désha A. Osborne is an adjunct assistant professor at Queens College and Hunter College, CUNY. She completed her PhD in English at the University of Cambridge, where her research was a full-length study of Hiroona, the epic 19th-century poem by Horatio Nelson Huggins. The first critical edition was published in 2015 by the University of […]
Lalonde Jay Ochoa
Lalonde Jay Ochoa is a graduate of UWI with a First class Honors in BA Theatre Arts and awarded the Earl Warner prize for “Best Theatre Arts Degree Student” for 2013-2014. His primary experience is in acting and directing and has filled the role of storyteller, playwright and stage manager on various occasions. His most […]
Sufia Giza
Ms. Giza is an Author, Spoken Word/Recording Artist, Historian Filmmaker and Certified Yoga Instructor. She did Performance Poetry in Los Angeles, CA from the 1990’s through 2000’s, and is Co-Founder of the Southern California based Riverside Renaissance Writers Group. Sufia is currently will soon release her 2nd Dub-Poetry cd, Echoes of FREEdom. Poet and Historian, […]
Sterling Kent aka Gamma Ghost
Exploring the themes of spirituality, societal ills, national pride, Caribbean identity and progress of the African Diaspora, Gamma Ghost has been a writing and performing as a lyricist and vocalist since 1998. Since 2004, he has since distinguished himself as one of the Caribbean’s most respected and sought after expressionists of spoken word poetry.
Colleen Selvon-Rampersad
Colleen Selvon-Rampersad hails from a family of writers and has a nursing-teaching background. She serves as secretary of the Writers Union of Trinidad and Tobago (WUTT). Her work is published in Voicing Our Vision 1, These Heavenly Shores, Prism and more.
Ardene Sirjoo
With over 13 years’ broadcast experience, Ardene is a popular voice on news and current affairs station i95.5FM. She is also co-founder and a director of Trini Good Media, a digital media company specialising in audio production. Ardene Sirjoo is a Trinidadian journalist as well as the Communications Lead at The Cropper Foundation.
Danielle Y.C. McClean
Trinidad-born and US-based writer, translator and interpreter, Danielle Y. C. McClean is the author of the Secrets of Oscuros series. Her debut novel, Secrets of Oscuros: The Protectors’ Pledge (CaribbeanReads 2017, illustrator: Lorena Soriano), placed third in the 2016 CODE Burt Award for Caribbean Young Adult Literature, and its sequel, Secrets of Oscuros: The Whisperer’s Warning (CaribbeanReads 2022, illustrator: Rachel Moss) was the […]
Florenz Webbe Maxwell
Florenz Webbe Maxwell was born in Bermuda. She received her inspiration to write while a student at the Central School. Her poem, A Song of Central, written at age 12, was later put to music by David Knights, another student at Central and became the school’s song. In 1972, she won first place for the […]
Tamika Gibson
Tamika Gibson is the author of Dreams Beyond the Shore, winner of the 2016 CODE Burt Award for Caribbean YA Literature and one of Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Books of 2017. Between growing up in Trinidad and Tobago and living in the United States, Tamika has always been observing the rich stories unfolding around her. She […]
Akilah Jaramogi
Akilah Jaramogi is the founder and managing director of the Fondes Amandes Community Reafforestation Project (FACRP). She is also a proud Merikin descendent, dedicated to preserving the heritage of this group of pioneering African Americans in Trinidad.
Valerie Taylor
Valerie Taylor is an Education and Development Consultant. She currently serves as the interim CEO at the National Trust of Trinidad and Tobago.
Nicholas Galt
Nicholas Galt, Managing Director of the software development companyTrinidad Sytems Ltd, is Chairman of the Association of American Chambers of Commerce of Latin America (AACCLA).
Marlene Attzs
Marlene Attzs, PhD, is a Lecturer in the Department of Economics, University of the West Indies (UWI), Trinidad and Tobago. She is also a founding member of the Sustainable Economic Development Unit (SEDU). She currently serves as a member of the Economic Development Advisory Board.
Jerome Teelucksingh
Jerome Teelucksingh is a lecturer in the Department of History at UWI, St Augustine. He focuses on the history of Afro-Caribbean activists and intellectuals, on Indo-Caribbean Diaspora in North America; on Pan-Africanism; on race, gender, and ethnic relations in the Caribbean; as well as labour history and the impact of Carnival and Calypso on Trinidad […]
Joshua Lue Chee Kong
Joshua Lue Chee Kong is a graphic artist who has a keen interest in history and culture and is currently exploring Trinidad and Tobago’s folklore. He is working to redefine traditional interpretations by expanding the cultural iconography and imagery.
Jorge Thielen-Armand
Jorge Thielen-Armand is a Venezuelan director. His documentary Flor de la Mar won the Jury Award for Best Documentary Short at the 2015 Cine Las Americas International Film Festival, and was screened at over 20 festivals around the world.
Marla Dukharan
Marla Dukharan is Group Economist for the Royal Bank of Canada’s Caribbean operation. She is responsible for monitoring over 20 countries in the Caribbean, and authors the RBC Caribbean Economic Report on a monthly basis.
Mark Loquan
Mark Loquan, President of the National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Ltd. is a chemical engineer by profession, with over thirty years’ experience in the petrochemical industry. He is also an award-winning composer of steelpan music and Honorary Founding Director of the non-profit organisation Music Literacy Trust.
Michael Mooleedhar
Film director Michael Mooleedhar brings with him a wealth of experience in creative design entrepreneurship and has directed several shorts and docs within the local film industry. City on the Hill won people’s choice Award at ttff/2015 and Green Days by the River, his debut feature, won best TT feature and people’s choice for best […]
Tamara Lewis
Tamara Lewis is a trained mediator and Public Health Inspector at the Ministry of Health, Trinidad and Tobago. Currently attached to the Eastern Regional Health Authority she has worked across northern Trinidad since 2007. Through her educational and work experiences she has had the privilege to learn and experience the food service industry from a […]
Omardath Maharaj
Omardath Maharaj is an Agricultural Economist, Lead Consultant of iTHiNK Global Consulting Services Limited, a by-line columnist in print and electronic media, Part-Time Assistant Lecturer at the UWI, St Augustine Campus, and a Ph.D. candidate at the University of the West Indies. Mr Maharaj has rendered service over the years to a range of community-based […]
Deneka Thomas
Deneka Thomas (they/them) is a queer, non-binary writer, performance poet, arts educator and media practitioner from Trinidad and Tobago. Deneka is the founder and Creative Director of Bacano Leaf, a creative social enterprise that nurtures the Caribbean’s stories and culture by empowering young people to write and speak about their experiences, concerns, and their hope […]
Perspective the Entertainer
Perspective the Entertainer is a professional illusionist. He has been doing magic since he was nine years old. Perspective performs at birthday parties, functions, executive meetings, corporate events and specializes in close up magic; often doing disappearing acts, appearing acts, and card performances.