Vaughn T. Stanford teaches mathematics at a Trinidad secondary school. He has written and produced plays and short films which include Conflicted, performed at Little Carib Theatre in conjunction with his students, and the award-winning Lianna’s Story about a teenage drug addict for which his students won the Tambi trophy. With the assistance of the Canadian International Development Agency, he wrote and produced a series of short public service films on HIV/AIDS which were aired on national television. His collection of short stories, Tales from Mysteria, was created for his Masters degree in Creative Writing at UWI.