Mr Guyana Independence on mission to inspire pride in identity

Calvin Roberts

To call Calvin Roberts, 27, ambitious might be an understatement.

Roberts has his sights set on many achievements, not least of which is becoming a medical doctor. Roberts, of Lokono (Arawakan) ancestry, also wants to be a restauranteur specialising in indigenous cuisine.

For now, however, he is only a medical laboratory technician, a youth ambassador, volunteer, student and Mr Guyana Independence 2022, a title he won in late May and which he hopes to use as a platform to inspire other young indigenous men to make the foray into pageantry. In this regard, he is hoping that authorities would introduce a Mr Indigenous Heritage pageant.