I am an advocate, activist, and feminist from Trinidad and Tobago, working at the intersection of HIV, gender justice, sexual and reproductive health and rights, mental health, and climate justice. My work centers on amplifying the voices and lived experiences of young women, adolescent girls, and young mothers across the Caribbean.
At the national level, I serve as a youth representative with the Trinidad and Tobago Community for Positive Women and Girls Living with and Affected by HIV, Director of Gender & Health Affairs at The Willow Foundation, and a member of the UNFPA Youth Advisory Group of Trinidad and Tobago. Regionally and globally, I am engaged with the International Community of Women Living with HIV, through the Young Women and Adolescent Girls Chapter, and I serve as Vice-Chair and Board Member of the Global Network of Young People Living with HIV, representing the Caribbean.
I am also a certified Youth Mental Health First Aider, and I bring a holistic, rights-based, and youth-led approach to my advocacy grounded in lived experience, community accountability, and the belief that meaningful change must be shaped by those most affected.
Why KAS wants to be part of A Girl Like Me: I want to be part of A Girl Like Me because it offers something that is still rare for women living with HIV - space to tell our stories in our own voices, without judgment or expectation. As a young woman living with HIV in the Caribbean, I have learned how often silence is used as a coping mechanism. Stigma, cultural norms, and limited safe spaces mean that many of us navigate fear, relationships, motherhood, and mental health quietly, even while appearing strong.
Writing is both personal and political for me. It allows me to process my own experiences while also challenging the narratives that reduce women living with HIV to statistics or single stories. I have seen how storytelling can shift understanding, build solidarity, and remind women that they are not alone in what they are carrying.
Through A Girl Like Me, I want to share honest reflections on living with HIV in Caribbean contexts, where resilience exists alongside vulnerability, and where joy, growth, and leadership are still possible. I am drawn to The Well Project's commitment to centering lived experience, community care, and feminist leadership, and I would be honoured to contribute to a platform that affirms women's voices as knowledge, power, and healing.
