THE MONTH of April certainly re-energised me and to think one of the reasons is because I was hanging with a lot of super talented young people with vision and not forgetting family time.

Sometimes we need to be reminded that what they do with their lives will determine this country’s future. People who are familiar with things I am passionate about, know how I feel about working with the young talents.
A few months ago I received a call from Mrs. Peters who wanted us to meet. We met and she introduced her talented daughter, Halima, to me.

She said she was listening to one of my interviews and I was talking about lack of support for the creative sector and some parents even discouraging their kids, so as to not get involved. She admitted to being one of those mothers but decided to support her daughter’s dream from that day. Halima wants to be a designer, so I chatted with her for about an hour and even went through her book, which had many of her sketches, so I challenged her to produce one of the outfits.
A few weeks later they came by my showroom with a red dress and a model to showcase her design.

I gave her my opinions and advice on the outfit and we chatted for a while.
She has a teachable spirit and hungry to learn. She now she has another challenge.
We have to continue to encourage our youths to dream BIG and know one day that the dream with be a reality if they are willing to do the work. We need to have a ‘want to do’ mindset rather than a ‘want to be’ because in the doing, you become.
Talking about doing brings a name to the forefront, one of my favorite legal minds is Ms. Ayana Mc Calman.

This young Attorney is revolutionary and I know in a few years, because of her doings, Mc Calman and Company will be a household name in this country.
Ayana, Gary Thompson of Global Marketing and I had a powerful mastermind meeting a week ago and this is something I will encourage people to do.
I really enjoy working with these young people who are global thinkers and that was one of the reasons I attended the Startup Grind (Guyana chapter) when I was invited by Svetlana Marshall. Although my day was hectic and I was a bit exhausted after a day of many activities, including Unleash your promise and Potential Women’s Conference at Georgetown Club.

This impressive young group (Startup Grind) hosted a dynamic fireside chat and networking forum as we join the world in recognizing Girls in ICT.
The interview with Norma Daniels, owner of CSR COMPUTERS GUYANA was brilliant. Her company employs a large percentage of women because she is on a mission to have more females join the ICT world. Congrats to Director Hilary Benjamin-Bayer and hard-working team for thinking out of the box.
Love the energy and what they stand for and I pledge my support to this initiative because it will add value to others.

These young leaders give me hope for our beautiful Guyana.I left WE OWN SPACE (love this venue) so energised and hopeful. I heard about this venue and how many opportunities they are offering because of the reasonable rental prices. I took to the opportunity to chat with the founder, Eldon Marks.
He won the first hackathon in Guyana and is also the CEO of Version75 Solutions
I am convinced that young man is going to go in the major league because of his leadership abilities, not to mention his GQ good looks. Lol

He is humble, which is important for elevation. Mr Marks has vision and is not afraid to take risks and I love that. That space he created will be the launch pad for many great initiatives which will contribute to the development phase for Guyana
Will leave you with one of my favorite quotes and wishes for the week ahead as we continue this beautiful journey called life beyond the runway.

“Press on – nothing can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Perseverance and determination alone are omnipotent” – Calvin Colidge