Here are some highlights from my personal and professional life. One consistency is my love of learning.
It’s never too late to learn something new! And why not?
- I was born in Antigua, West Indies, and immigrated to Boston, Massachusetts.
- I attended Syracuse University for my undergraduate degree in Mathematics and Georgia State University for both of my Master’s degrees.
- I’ve lived in three US regions: the Northeast, Southeast, and Northwest.
- I took a professional hiatus to stay at home with my children when they were young.
- While at home, I self-studied art, figure drawing, and ran a summer swim team for five years.
- I am a lifelong lover of education and learning; that continues to this day.
- I’m passionate about a few things: education, watercolor painting, swimming, software engineering, and artificial intelligence.
- And several hobbies, including hiking, cycling, photography, traveling, and working on my 2002 BMW X5 (Bee).
- I have been a USA Swimming certified Administrative Official since December 2025.
With all these interests, I refuse to choose one, and my goal is to do them all. I figure life is too short to spend not doing what I love.
My professional highlights:
- I attended Amazon Technical Academy to train as a software engineer.
- I worked at Amazon as a software developer for two years.
- I’ve worked in IT for my professional career, starting on a help desk, then moving into project management, database administration, and, most recently, software engineering.
- Along the way, I picked up and enjoy doing technical writing.
- I became a data annotator to learn about how AI works, and I currently work at Outlier.
- Most recently, I’ve been taking courses on DataCamp and attended a Google Gen AI 5-Day Intensive for developers.