This is the tenth year since US-based Guyanese Judith Richmond was diagnosed with breast cancer and she has had time to reflect on health and wellness and now urges people to be proactive in living healthy lifestyles and to take heed of public health awareness programmes.
Medical practitioner Derron Moonsammy of Mabaruma Township in Region One, who joined the profession on the insistence of his mother, is now in his third year, specialising in the Ministry of Health’s obstetrics/gynaecology program-me.
US-based Guyanese Dr Jennifer Joseph nee Prince, who just celebrated her 65th birthday in style with family members and friends in Guyana, had never planned on becoming a Maths teacher or a Maths specialist, rather she saw herself in the field of linguistics.
Miranda Bernard, Marjorie Rodrigues and Helen Thomas, producers of Amerindian art and craft, cassava-based products and the popular potato wine also known as Fly are a few of the many women successfully using the traditional indigenous products they produce to earn a livelihood.
As education officer with responsibility for music in Guyana, calypsonian and music educator Joel Gonsalves, 48, serves with “people, service and nation” being his mantra even as he observes with humility and pride 30 fulfilling years in the teaching profession, both at home and in the Caribbean.
Registered nurse, medex and former United States Peace Corps medical officer Jean Vyfhuis nee Campbell, 65, a daughter of Huradiah, Santa Rosa Village, Moruca, was self-motivated to become a professional even though she lived in a home where domestic abuse was prevalent.
Former diplomat, educator and volunteer Barbara Atherley has spent more than half of her working life in either war-torn environments or disaster-prone regions trying to revamp or reform education systems with other social services to either give girls an education or to give the less privileged a chance at an education through user-friendly learning guides.
A self-taught designer and artist, Sharon Fraites nee Tullock is also a fashion icon and full-time housewife and she is passing on her knowledge to the younger generation in the hope they will continue to be creative and grow the art of fabric painting and other forms of art work.
A computer engineer, sport performance psychologist and coach by training, Jaime Skeete is a person with a disability who is today, the sports organiser of the University of Guyana and who, in spite of his accomplishments, is often discriminated against by abled people who think the disability will affect his performance.
Former government minister and educator Donald Ainsworth, 73, and his wife Wendy recently celebrated their golden wedding anniversary.
Many a childhood is littered with misadventure, some hair-raising, others embarrassing or just sad.
City-born and raised, multi-disciplined agripreneur Yolanda Vasconcellos is living her dream of working with both livestock and crops in the wide open spaces of Santa Fe Farms in Central Rupununi.
Guyanese award-winning matriarch of insurance, travel and tourism Gem Eytle is the epitome of grace, elegance and charm, yet a businesswoman of steel.
Until I was 17 years old, I celebrated my birthday on the 30th of May.
At 70 years old, farmer, miner, and businessman Deleep Singh lives a fulfilling life and he likes to share his knowledge.
Lesley Billingsley, a former special needs teacher, model/actor and first generation Canadian of Guyanese parentage, is unapologetically a full-time mother by choice and an advocate for mothers to be themselves and not who others want them to be, as well as for minority communities to rise above their circumstances.
Retired agricultural scientist Guyanese Dr Reginald Thompson has moved from research and the formal classroom to mentoring and guiding students to become the best version of themselves on weekends in the Durham Education Mentoring Programme (DEMP) in Ontario, Canada.
Sport physiotherapist Jana Edghill hopes to continue working on a plan to elevate and expand the standard of practice in her field in the public sector and is doing so along with a team of sport physiotherapists now based at the National Sports Clinic and other parties.
Bradford Allicock, the incumbent toshao of Fairview Village in the North Rupununi, has been involved with the Iwokrama River Lodge and the rainforest reserve from the inception.
After decades of producing a range of musicals, jazz shows, classical shows, drama, storytelling and other productions, achieving some 300 productions on stage and in television, and hosting international artistes and groups, Gem Madhoo-Nascimento, 70, is now focusing on educational theatre.
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