I completed my BSc in Biology with Honours at Acadia University in 2017. After graduating, I returned to the Bahamas, where I worked on several research projects related to socio-ecological resilience, marine conservation, and climate change in the context of SIDS at the Cape Eleuthera Institute. I have also worked as a tutor, teaching assistant, and research assistant throughout my academic career.
I came to Oxford in 2022 to complete an MSc in Biodiversity, Conservation, and Management. My MSc research focused on understanding yield-biodiversity trade-offs in cocoa agroforestry systems of Nigeria.
I am now working with the Nature Based Solutions Initiative for my DPhil Research, as well for Nature Based Insights, a social venture spin-out from NBSI, as an assistant researcher.
Awards:
• International Panel on Climate Change PhD Scholarship (2023 – 2027)
• Tropical Agriculture Association Fund MSc International Study Award (2023)
• All Souls Hugh Springer Graduate Scholarship (2022 – 2023)
• Rhodes Scholar Finalist (Jamaica & Commonwealth Caribbean, 2022)
• Acadia University Scholar Award (2021)
• Acadia University Dean’s List (2021)
• George E. Bishop Volunteerism Scholar-Bursary (2021)
• Jieh-Yee Wu Scholar-Bursary (2021)
• Acadia Honours Summer Research Award (2020)
• Murdock C. Smith Scholarship in Marine Biology (2020)
• Lyford Cay Foundation Grant (2019)
• Dr. George Claude Hicks Scholarship in Biology (2019)
• Jonathan Andrews Memorial Award (2018)
• Acadia Excellence Scholarship (2017 - 2021)
• Bahamas National Tuition Assistance Award (2017 – 2021
