My disability didn’t prevent my success – Reginald McGreggor
He was abandoned when he was thirteen years old and spent most of his time on the street begging and doing menial jobs for people. Things got worst when he sustained severe spine injuries during a bicycle accident rendering him disabled for life. Nonetheless, Reginald has always ...
My Life Changed at 105 Constant Spring Road – Tenuke
In this installment of Our Stories, university student Tenuke Doyley explains how she lives up to her name…For many people, Jamaica is pictured as an island paradise – white sandy beaches, a...
Eyes Like A Shutter, Mind Like a Lens – Christian Harrison
Photography is like a choice for me in the sense that it is not exactly my “bread and butter”. I’m still a student at the University of the West Indies that is majoring in animations so I am a student first and then I am a free-lance photographer. At times, I wished it was my...
Law Student By Day, Visual Artist By Night – Kuruma Shamar Reid
Peer pressure made me choose Law. I mean, I did well in CAPE Law Units 1 and 2 which basically suggested that maybe I had a future in this field, however, I felt as though...
19-year-old musician paving the way for Rap Music in Jamaica
In this installment of Our Stories, Rap artist and producer, Yared Taylor expresses the rhythm and lyrics behind his art on his...
I’m Very Strange and I like it DahNiel-Jae Harvey
I am very strange and weird and abnormal. I’ve been called that my entire life and I like it. I think it’s just… I think they’re very beautiful labels.
Jamaican Journalist in UK Defeats Kidney Disease – Primrose Granville
In this installment of Our Stories, BBC Bristol Radio Host Primrose Granville shares her experience with polycystic kidney disease and her journey...
My Parents’ Relationship Improved After They Got Divorced – Paul Blake
In this installment of Our Stories, author Paul Blake explains how his parents' relationship benefitted from their divorce….For many people, Jamaica is pictured as...
I dropped out of college and started my company – Gemmar McFarlane
In this installment of Our Stories, young entrepreneur, Gemmar McFarlane shows us just how nothing can interfere with one’s true destiny… For many people, Jamaica...
My career in fashion designing started in prison – Qwesi Wray
In this installment of Our Stories, young fashion designer Qwesi Wray shows just how anyone can turn their life around, even in the darkest...