Experienced lecturer in Literatures in English and scholar-advocate with teaching experience in Caribbean and American literature, film, creative writing and publishing at The University of the West Indies, Mona in Jamaica. A Fulbright scholar, currently completing PhD studies in Comparative Studies at Florida Atlantic University with a focus on dancehall music as a catalyst for social change. A creative writer, with short fiction published in The Write Launch, Nabu Review of The Paragon Press, and The Cropper Foundation / Peekash Press anthology, Writing For Our Lives. Extensive experience in advocacy and development communication, specifically in the area of reducing discrimination based on gender identity and sexuality in Jamaica.