Jamaican Model Kyla Ramsey to be Featured in Vogue Italia’s Magazine 100 Covers

Kyla Ramsey has graced runways around the world and she’s one of the featured people in Vogue Italia’s “100 Covers, 100 People, 100 Stories” September 2020 issue that hit the stands on Aug. 28. The Jamaican-born Ramsey is the magazine’s 29th cover. The issue is a global “who’s who” of models, actresses, social media personalities, […]

Jamaican Monique Mendes Makes History as First Black Woman to Receive PhD in Neuroscience at University of Rochester

Monique Mendes, a Jamaican who attended Immaculate Conception High School in St. Andrew Parish prior to migrating to the United States at the age of 16, has made history on July 31, 2020, by becoming the first black woman and only the second black individual to receive a PhD in neuroscience at the University of […]

Redemption Songs by Jamaican author Lynda Edwards, leaps off the pages, taking sudden twists & turns, as it races toward an unsuspecting and dramatic end

Lynda Edwards was born in Jamaica, coming of age during a turbulent time in the island’s history. Like most Caribbean people, she is a born storyteller inspired by the unconventional family she comes from, the incongruity of her upbringing, and the island itself. After the death of her American husband, Josephine Myers Blakely has moved […]