Caribbean Corner

Grenadian-born educator Dr. Ansha Clement, a STEM learning specialist, mother, and author, has won The Internation Impact Book Award for Best STEM Education from a Phoenix, AZ company that carries that name. Dr. Clement, who resides in Baldwin in Nassau County, Long Island, told Caribbean Life on Monday that the award is "an incredible honor and validation of the work I'm so passionate about. "Personally, it reinforces my belief in the importance of early STEM education," she said about the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics acronym. "Professionally, it highlights the impact of creating resources that connect with diverse audiences. "I hope this recognition inspires others to invest in the next generation of scientists and innovators," she added. "In the making are ideas of expanding this science series and developing workshops for parents and educators to integrate STEM learning into everyday activities." Dr...

This week’s flash floods, mudslides, and heavier-than-usual rains in the South and Eastern Caribbean allowed several Caribbean leaders attending the global annual climate change meeting in Azerbaijan to point to the devastation in Grenada and Trinidad as proof that the region is an unwilling victim of climate change and should receive climate finance from the developed world. Grenadian Prime Minister and current Caribbean Community Chairman Dickon Mitchell argued that the region needs the money to prepare infrastructurally and otherwise for increasingly powerful storms affecting the area each year. “It is just testimony to what we are talking about. You can have high, unpredictable, and erratic, but also highly dangerous weather patterns that are significant that we have to prepare for and respond to. Again, we have to be doing our best in those circumstances to treat and manage with this on an ongoing basis. So, it’s just the new reality, the new norm that we h...

Mickalia Forrester-Ewen, a young, fledging actress born in Brooklyn to a Grenadian mother, was crowned Miss Grenada USA 2023 in September of that year. She says winning the crown was “surprising and exhilarating,” she had no idea what would follow. “But this achievement propelled me to become more deeply involved in my community,” she said, reflecting on her one-year reign in an exclusive Caribbean Life interview over the weekend. “It gave me the confidence to overcome imposter syndrome and take control of my life and my goals,” added Forrester-Ewen, 26, who, two Saturdays ago, presented awards at the Nutmeg House on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn to students who participated in essay and poetry-writing contests, sponsored by the Brooklyn-based Grenadian-American Ex-Teachers’ Association, Inc. The contest was part of Grenada’s 50th Anniversary of Independence celebrations.  Since winning the Miss Grenada USA crown, Forrester-Ewen said s...