Maya A. Trotz, Ph.D., born in Georgetown, Guyana is an Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of South Florida (USF), Tampa. She works at the nexus of geochemistry/water quality and global/community sustainability and education with current and previous student research projects in Barbados, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Bolivia, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, and Peru. She currently holds a patent on “Functional composites formed from colloidal polymer particles with photocatalytic metal oxide nanoparticles.” Dr….
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Fatima Karim of St Rose’s High School pursued 20 subjects at this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Examination and earned 19 grade ones and one grade two earning her the top spot in the country. In an interview with New Room GY, she said.. “I feel really really excited and proud of myself, really happy…the hardest subject for me was Office Administration alone.” Fatima shared that her reason for pursuing 20 subjects is to…
Pop music singing sensation Zandra Brown, was born in Guyana, South America. She grew up listening to a diverse array of artists that inspired her, including Tina Turner, The Beatles and Bob Marley. Before moving to America at the age of 18 with her family, she was always in the spotlight, representing her school in dancing performances and fashion shows. Zandra joined her church choir in 2008 and shortly thereafter began writing songs as an outlet to…
Dr. Michelle Mickle Foster has been the President and CEO of The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation, in West Virginia, since February 2016. Prior to this position, she served as the CEO of the Kanawha Institute for Social Research & Action, Inc. (KISRA) for 17-1/2 years. She developed all of KISRA’s 13 major programs that are in the areas of Health, Employment, Asset Development and Learning. Michelle was born in Guyana, the oldest child of three….
Guyana’s Female Amateur Baseball Team recently competed in Halifax, Canada for the first 21U (21 and under) women’s invitational tournament. The tournament, which was hosted by Halifax and Team Nova Scotia, ran from August 4th to August 8th and included teams from different regions in Canada (Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario, British Columbia), and Guyana. Team Guyana was made of 15 players and 4 coaches. See Scoreboard HERE. Congratulations ladies, You Rock! This is the Team’s first time playing…
US-based Brenessa Thompson & Aaliyah Abrams will be representing Guyana at the 2016 Olympics in Rio, Brazil. The Olympic games will run from August 5 to 11 and Brenessa and Aaliyah are the two female athletes who make up Guyana’s 4 member Track Team. Brenessa Thompson (born 22 July 1996) is a Guyanese-American sprinter who specializes in 100m and 200m. The Four-time All-American of Medgar Evers college is one of the most prolific sprinters in the…
Jamila Keizia Sanmoogan will be one of two, and the only female swimmer representing Guyana at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The 19-year-old, who recently trained in Columbia on a swimming scholarship, is slated to compete in the Women’s 50m Freestyle event. In an interview the Guyana Chronicle, Jamila shared the following: “It felt as if my dreams finally came true, there were so many feelings, from excitement to happiness” she…
When Onica Blaize was crowned Mrs. Georgia America 2016, it was first time in the 40-year history of the pageant that a woman of Caribbean heritage, and only the third time that an African American woman had ever captured the title. On June 12th, 2016 this successful Entrepreneur, Life Coach and Public Health Advisor beat out several contestants and claimed the Mrs. Georgia America crown. She also won the Best Evening Gown and Most Physically…
Chosen By One: You Are The Best illustrates how to build your inner confidence, fulfill your purpose and live a life full of peace and joy. https://www.amazon.com/Chosen-One-You-Are-Best/dp/0615637760 Simone Harley: Secret Afflictions tells the story of a young successful attorney, Simone Harley, who appears to have a distinguishable and enviable life. However, many are not aware of her secret struggles with her tumultuous past and hidden afflictions. http://www.barnesandnoble.com/mobile/w/simone-harley-kimberly-a-bailey/1123862225?ean=9781630638948 ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Kimberly A. Bailey was born…
Kimberly A. Bailey is a published author and the founder of Chosen By One Media, LLC; a company dedicated to helping people to discover the power of their written words with confidence and creating innovative content for various media outlets around the world. Kimberly was born in Brooklyn, NY to Nigerian and Guyanese parents. Her father is from Lagos, Nigeria and served in the US navy. Her mother, a native of Berbice, was the youngest of…