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This tradition influenced my decision to As of October 19th, 2019, I have
pursue a career in sports. There were not achieved my short-term goal of
many opportunities available in my graduating with a Bsc. in Sport Sciences
country for females to play cricket. with First Class Honours. I am presently
Being unable to follow my dream to be trying to achieve my medium-term goal
a world-class cricketer, I decided to of becoming a Sports Performance
pursue my aspirations in academia. At Analyst and building a High
the age of 12, I was certain that my Performance Centre in St. Lucia so that I
future was destined to be in sports can assist with the development of
administration. While I always had one sports both locally and regionally. Once
ultimate goal, I believed that before I this is complete, I will look to achieve
achieved that goal that my services my long-term and ultimate goal of
could be offered in other areas of sports. being the First Female President of
I had to ensure that these areas would Cricket West Indies. In 2005, the West
assist with the development of sports, Indies Women's Cricket Federation was
both locally and regionally, while raising integrated, with the West Indies Cricket
awareness for gender equality. Board, now rebranded as Cricket West
Indies as per a mandate by the
International Cricket Council. However,
the lack of female representation on the
board and other affiliate boards is
alarming. While great strides have been
made across the world, I believe that
