The Story of Abigail Simpson: A light for Jamaican Youth Everywhere
Twenty-two-year-old Abigail’s story starts very close to home – Spanish Town, St. Catherine - the elder to her brother and the darling to her parents, Abigail has always been a curious and adventurous person. As a child, she recounts...
How My Dad Overcame His Emotional Unavailability
My dad, Ahmad Doghaimat, became emotionally unavailable when he realized that no one can be trusted. When he was in middle school, he met a boy named Derick and he was everything, but a good friend was not one...
Learning to love self through scoliosis
According to the Channel 4 show, Science of Attraction, an experiment has shown that you can decipher who a person is by the sound of their voice alone. You can have a mental image of a person’s physical characteristics...
SANDALS FOUNDATION SCHOLAR GOES AFTER LIFELONG DREAM
For Shelice Escoffery, matriculating to university and studying to become an immigration officer isn’t just about her realizing her dream. It means more than that to her. It symbolizes the picture a proud parent had of her child’s future,...
The World Will Know Yasean Doghaimat
Yasean, quite a unique name.
Mr. Yasean Doghaimat is a 25-years-old who believes his purpose in life is to be a game designer he said, and I quote, “my purpose is to be a game designer and be remembered...
MAXINE HENRY FLOURISHES IN LANDSCAPING
It is a very humid day and the sun has no letting up in the beautiful casual town of Negril. A petite frame, clad in green shirt and pants, pauses to take a sip of refreshing water from her...
Kadian Newman Rises To The Occasion
Even in the midst of a dark cloud, there can still be silver linings. This has indeed been the reality for 22-year-old Kadian Newman from Parottee District in St. Elizabeth. During a time when companies are downsizing and jobs...
PIVOTING IN A PANDEMIC
When Tiona Henry-Wynter was nine years old, she was already earning her own money by ironing clothes for people in her community. “I just had to do something”, she says. Growing up, Tiona watched her grandmother work tirelessly, even...
Woman Living with HIV for 13 Years Overcomes All Odds to Own Business
If Charlene wasn’t already dealing with enough, she and her boyfriend at the time, who was also the father of her children, parted ways. Charlene said while she had no concrete evidence, she was heartbroken because she knew she contracted the virus from...
EARNIE SMITH – A TRUE HOSPITALITY GEM
There is a kind of magic that happens when we trust the timing of our lives and allow our passions to lead us. Without a doubt, these are philosophies by which Sandals South Coast 2018 Diamond Team Member, Earnie...
