About the Author

LATOYAA ROBERTS B.A, M.sc

Communications Consultant and Writer

Latoyaa Roberts is a social entrepreneur, communications and development consultant and an avid traveller. She is a Member of the Artist Registry of the Government of Trinidad and Tobago as well as the Caribbean Creative Network and is the proud mother of two daughters and a loving wife based in the wonderful island of Tobago. She encompasses the mantra – “live local, think global” as she works as an independent consultant for international organizations while managing her family grocery. Despite her busy schedule, she loves working with young people and civil society organizations on the island and she is a strong youth advocate both in Trinidad and Tobago and to a further extent the Caribbean Region and the Global South. She possesses a B.A in Communications Studies with Linguistics and International Relations (First Class Honours) and an M.Sc in Global Studies (Distinctions) from the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine.

Profession
  • Freelance writer
  • Social Entrepreneur
  • Communications and Public Relations Consultant
  • Development Consultant with a focus on, youth, women and gender, civil society, democracy and participatory governance

Member of:

Tobago Writers Guild is a registered non-profit organization founded by a cadre of Tobago writers with a mission to help develop a Literary Arts Culture in our Nation and the wider Caribbean diaspora.

Tobago Visual Arts Association (TVAA) is a non-profit organization formed in 2011 with the primary aim of promoting Visual Arts in Tobago.

The Caribbean Creative Network is a database, developed and maintained by Kingston Creative, which seeks to promote the Caribbean’s best and brightest creatives in all creative industries

Member of the Artist Registry of the Government of Trinidad and Tobago, Ministry of Community Development, Culture and the Arts

Latoyaa Roberts B.A, M.sc