Nearly four decades ago when she was a baby, Jennifer Bartley-Blake was dumped in a garbage bin behind the old courthouse in May Pen, Clarendon. She fought her way to success, and is now the proud holder of a Bachelor of Science in Midwifery degree from the University of Technology. In an interview with The Beacon, Jennifer…
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Seeing through the mind | Woman finds way around visual impairment
Shauna-Kay Douglas from Blackwoods district in Clarendon was born near-sighted, seeing about 60 percent from one eye and virtually nothing from the other. As a result of her impairment, she spends a lot of time learning her environment, as well as counting and memorizing her footsteps. At school, for example, Shauna-Kay knows the number of…
Jermaine Case – scholar, lawyer, aspiring politician
Jermaine Case, an esteemed lawyer and University of Cambridge graduate, was five years old when his mother Doreen Ashley left Jamaica in search of a better life for herself and her family. He, along with his sister Camesha, were left with guardians in their Anderson Town community of Clarendon, not far from the St Ann…