Born in the village of Delaford, Tobago, Ingrid Melville is a writer, a lawyer, and a governance and human rights practitioner. In 2012, she co-authored, with Ms. Alice Mogwe, a chapter in the Democracy Index for Botswana 2012 entitled “A Fine Balance: Assessing the Quality of Governance in Botswana”. She has worked in jurisdictions in the Commonwealth and contributed to the development of the Tobago Autonomy Bill, which was submitted to the Cabinet of Trinidad and Tobago in 2016 and 2018. Recently, she has published a simplified version of the process, entitled “Roadmap To Autonomy – Everything You Need To Know.” Ingrid Melville has developed a series of children’s storybooks which bring Tobago’s history and culture to life. The first of these is Kayla Loves Tobago. She is the mother of 3 daughters, one of whom is the artist Zwinkystar, who did the artwork for Kayla Loves Tobago.