- 1) Academic
- Grade A Student of Melville Memorial Girls Anglican School
- 1st place in class from 2nd year to Standard 5
- Won essay and poetry competitions
Class’ Valedictorian - 2) Calypso
- Finalist in many calypso competitions e.g. NJAC & TUCO etc.
- Wrote own calypso at age 7 and placed 7th in the NJAC Pioneers Competition - 3) Cricket
- Member of school’s cricket team
Secondary School Achievements
- 1) Cricket Team
- 1999-2003 : - Member of the Holy Convent Cricket Team.
- 2000-2003 : - Captain of the Holy Name Convent Cricket Team.
- 2002 : - Led her Under 20 team to achieve 3rd place in the Secondary
School Cricket League
Achievements
- Secondary Schools Cricket League: -
2002 - North Zone Cricketer Of The Year
- Holy Name Convent : -
2001-2002 - Most Outstanding Cricketer
2000-2001 - Cricketer With The Best
Team Spirit
- 2) Swim Team
- Member of Flying Fish Swim Club
- Represented Flying Fish Swim Club :-
1999-2000: - Member of the Holy Name Convent Swimming Team
- 3) Academic Achievements
Grade A Student of Holy Name Convent
Represented Holy Name Convent in: -
Mathematics Olympiad : - 1) 2001
2) 2003 –Semifinalist
- 4) Most Outstanding Student at Holy Name Convent (2003-2004)
Florida Memorial University Achievements
- MTV Video Music Awards
2005 : - Chosen as one of the five panists to play at 2005 MTV Video Music Awards with Ludacris - first time the National Instrument was played at the MTV
Awards.
- Steelpan
2006 : - Played at the Launching of the Miami Carnival Center
2005-2007 : - Member of Florida Memorial Steelband
2007-2008 : - Member of Florida Memorial Jazz Ensemble
2007-2008 : - Toured with Florida Memorial Chorale Ensemble
- Academic Achievements at FLMU (Florida Memorial
University)
2006 : - Represented Florida Memorial University at NAACP
(National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People) Conference. Presented a paper of the Effects of
Music on the Brain
2005-2009 : - Member of Florida Memorial University Honors Program
2007-2009 : - Member of Alpha Chi Honors Society
2007 : - Member of The National Honors Jazz Association
2008 : - Member of National Deans List
2009 : - Graduated with a B.S. in Mathematics and B.A. in Music
2009 : - Graduated with Summa Cum Laude
2009 : - Fall 2009 was class valedictorian (Graduated with the
highest G.P.A. in graduating class)
- Other FLMU activity
2008-2009 : - Secretary of TATSA (Trinidad and Tobago Student
Association)
2005-2010 : - Student Assistant in FLMU Institutional Research
2005-2010 : - Tutor at Florida Memorial University
Other University Activity
2009-2010 : - Tutor for Bachelor’s Students at University of Miami
Steelbands played for
- Trinidad All Stars Steel Orchestra – 2000-2004 - (2003: - winner of National Panorama)
- Exodus Steel Orchestra – 2002 & 2004
- (2002: - winner of World Steelband Festival); (2004: - winner of World Steelband Festival) - Gonzales Sheikers – 2001-2004
- Exocubs Youth Steel Orchestra – Dec 2000-2004
- Trinity Foundation – July 1999-Dec 2000
National Achievements & Works
Played for the Mayor of London at City Hall
2000
National Music Festival - 2nd place – Solo
San Fernando Junior Arts Festival - 1st place – Instrumental Solo2001
San Fernando Junior Arts Festival - 1st place – Instrumental Solo
Nation Junior Steelpan Festival - Finalist – Solo; 1st place – Duet; 1st place - Quartet2002
World Steelpan Festival - 7th place – Solo; 2nd place – Duet; 4th place – Quartet
National Music Festival - 3rd place - Solo
Captain of Exocubs Youth Steel Orchestra2003
Nation Junior Steelpan Festival - 2nd place – Solo; 1st place – Duet; 1st place - Quartet; 1st place – EnsembleCaribbean Junior Festival
1st place – Duet; 1st place – Quartet2004
World Steelpan Festival - 4th place – Solo; 2nd place – Duet; 4th place – Quartet; 1st place – Ensemble2008
National Junior Panorama - 1st place – Under 13 (St. Margaret’s Boys’ Anglican School Steel Orchestra)2009
National Junior Panorama - 2nd place – Under 16 (St. Margaret’s Steel Orchestra)2010
National Junior Panorama - 3rd place – Under 21 (St. Margaret’s All Stars Steel Orchestra)2011
National Panorama - 1st place – Small Band Preliminaries (St. Margaret’s Super Stars); 7th place – Small Band Finals (St. Margaret’s All Stars Steel Orchestra)The Queen’s Royal College Jazz Festival 2011 and Trinidad and Tobago’s - 1. Arranged for Skiffle Bunch Steel Orchestra for QRC Jazz Festival
2012
National Panorama -
1- Arranged for Skiffle Bunch Steel Orchestra for National Panorama;
2 - Arranged for St. Margaret’s Super Stars for National Panorama2013
National Panorama
1 - Arranged for St. Margaret’s Super Stars for National Panorama and Music Festival2014
National Panorama
1 - Arranging for St. Margaret’s Super Stars for National Panorama
Personal Achievement
2011
1 - Received an award from National Youth Action Committee in Trinidad as one of the Top Twenty Stars of Tomorrow for Music Arranging
2 - Worked with and wrote an arrangement for Francis Prime (a noted jazz saxophonist)
3 - Was interviewed from Hollis Clifton as one of the top influential musicians in steelpan music (interview can be provided upon request)2012
1 - Featured in an International travel magazine “Sand, Sun and Sea” as a spotlight personality2013
1 - Featured in Pan Trinbago’s 50 anniversary’s International magazine as a spotlight personality
2 - Worked with a French International Steel Orchestra, Karukera Steelband (Guadeloupe)
Works and Achievements with St. Margaret’s Steel Orchestra
- Music Theory and Practical Tutor : - 2002-Present
- Arranged songs for St. Margaret’s Steel Orchestra for the
following : -
- Junior Panorama 2008 - Champions 2008 (Under 13)
- First CD was launched on 5th July 2008
- Assisted in Coordinating and arranged for
St. Margaret’s Boys’ Steel Orchestra’s 2nd -
Youth Pan Extravaganza featuring five (5) top Junior Steel
Orchestras – 2008-
present - Junior Panorama 2009 - 2nd Place (Under 16)
- Function hosted when The Queen Elizabeth II visited Trinidad in November 2009
- Coordinated for the orchestra to go to Miami to participate in Florida Memorial University Youth Pan Fest in 2009, 2010, 2013
- 3rd Place Junior Panorama 2010 (Under 21)
- 2nd place in National Junior Music Festival 2010 – U 21 Orchestra
- Assisted in Creating and arranged for St. Margaret’s Super Stars to participate in National Senior Panorama 2011 Small Band category – 1st Place Prelims & 7th place Finals
- Training and accompanying the steel orchestra for a tour in Guadeloupe for The Guadeloupe Festival with the biggest named musicians in Trinidad and Tobago
- Doing Adaptation of classical works for steel orchestra and steelpan solos for Music Festival 2012 & 2013
- Training steelpan soloists for Music Festival 2012
- Doing musical arrangement for National Panorama Conventional Small Band – 2011-present