Caresse Jackman is a National Consumer Investigative Reporter with InvestigateTV, the national investigative unit for Gray Television based in Washington D.C. She was born in Queens, NY, and raised in Metro Atlanta. Jackman is a proud daughter of Guyanese immigrants. Both her mother and father immigrated to the United States in the 1980s and both grew up in Georgetown. Jackman obtained her Dual Bachelor’s degree from the University of Georgia – where she studied Broadcast…
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Attorney Kinda Monkhouse specializes in Immigration law and Real Estate Closings. Like you, she is an immigrant born and raised in Guyana, South America. Kinda moved to the United States a decade ago and has since dedicated her efforts to ensure that every immigrant achieves the American Dream. Within her first eight years of living in the United States, she obtained both her BS in Criminal Justice and her MS in Public Administration while graduating…
Meet Guyanese Girl and Cosmetic Chemist, Angella Sprauve, the featured character in a new book series for girls. The Look-Up Series is a nonfiction biography series inviting 8 to 12-year-old girls into the world of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math while celebrating diverse female role models in S.T.E.A.M. careers. Each title is a unique blend of biography content, actionable advice, and S.T.E.A.M. activities and written by award-winning American Girl author Aubre Andrus. In ANGELLA,…
From Tennessee to Canada, and as far away as Vatican City in Rome, Caribbean-rooted, Bronx-based artist Laura James was busy last year creating her vividly-hued representations of Biblical characters and scenes in a centuries-old Ethiopian Christian art style. “It’s been a busy and exciting year, from presenting over ten […] Click here to view original article at www.nydailynews.com
Dr Seepersaud and one of her many tiny patients Dr Marisa Seepersaud has been revolutionising surgical care for children and babies in Guyana for over a decade now. Up until a year ago, she was the only paediatric surgeon in Guyana – now, she is one of two and […] Click here to view original article at newsroom.gy
The late Guyanese born, US-based actor, Ron Bobb Semple,. By NAN ET Editor News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Thurs. Jan. 13, 2021: The Guyanese and Caribbean US Diaspora community has lost another of its great voices, this time, Guyana-born actor and broadcaster, Ron Bobb-Semple. News Americas has learnt that […] Click here to view original article at www.newsamericasnow.com
Like many businesses, Tradewinds II was started to fill in a gap in the market. It was in late 2018 when Khareshma Bhagwandeen (Kay) and her partner realized that they could not find Guyanese home cooking in Jersey City. So she opened a food truck to “provide the taste […] Click here to view original article at www.hobokengirl.com
The Fort Island Resort is due to open by the end of 2021 (Photo: News Room/November 26, 2021) Isanella@newsroom.gy A resort promising to be the ultimate relaxation space and daytime getaway is scheduled to open by the end of this year at Fort Island, located about 40 minutes from […] Click here to view original article at newsroom.gy
Salina Jane is a visual artist of Indo-Guyanese descent who creates art along the themes of heritage, identity and the experience of her family through indenture and their journey from India to Guyana to the UK. Throughout our childhood my siblings and I knew our parents were from Guyana; […] Click here to view original article at www.stabroeknews.com
1 of 4 — Slideshow 2 of 4 — Slideshow 3 of 4 — Slideshow 4 of 4 — Slideshow Artist Gavin Benjamin pieces together an imagined future out of the shards of a reclaimed cultural legacy. Art by Gavin Benjamin The silhouette of the late rapper and entrepreneur […] Click here to view original article at www.wesa.fm