The Breaking Point That Realigned Me

In 2019, I lost nearly everything.
My business and finances were entangled with someone who was both my husband and my partner. When it all collapsed, I had nothing. Clients waiting. My mother depending on me. My bank account empty.

I could have disappeared. But I didn’t. I repaid every customer. I rebuilt from zero…..quietly, fiercely.

Two years later, I stood on stage in Washington telling that same story: Failing Upward.
Funny how that works.
I used to be afraid of flying.
Now I fly for a living—and speak to rooms full of people who see themselves in my story.

The Lie I Stopped Believing

For years, I pretended to be just “the manager” of my own company. I thought:

“I don’t look the part.”
“I’m not polished enough.”
“Let the work speak.”

Now I speak for my work. Because the truth is:

I am the aesthetic. Even if I’m not the standard.

Unapologetically unpolished. Loud in my values. Clear in my craft.
And if I don’t show up, how will women who look like me know they can?

Home Is the World and Still Trinidad

Today I run all three companies from anywhere: hotel lobbies, tuk-tuks, rooftops in Thailand. I’ve inspected suppliers in China, trained clients across the Caribbean, and held meetings on beaches and planes.

Being a digital nomad CEO isn’t a trend it’s a choice. A declaration of freedom.

And everywhere I go, I carry Trinidad with me.
When I greet someone with Shubh Divali or Eid Mubarak, and they ask how I know… I get to say: “We celebrate that too.”
That’s the richness I come from.

What I Believe About Business

People think pretty sells. It does.
Once.

But quality?
Quality sustains.

Pretty = One transaction
Quality = Legacy

I didn’t build my businesses to impress.
I built them to impact. And that’s a completely different strategy.

Legacy in Motion

Over the last decade, I’ve helped over 200 businesses across 12 countries launch or scale, whether through equipment, consulting, or mentorship. I coach entrepreneurs (especially Caribbean and BIPOC women) who’ve been told to shrink themselves. I remind them:

Quiet doesn’t mean unqualified.
You don’t have to sound like everyone else to be taken seriously.

I’m currently writing my next book, From Barrel Baby to Parent (title in progress) a deeply personal reflection on caring for the people who once raised you, while breaking generational cycles and building businesses of your own.

It’s not the center of my brand but it’s the heartbeat behind it.

What I Know For Sure

We’re all called to something.
Some of us hear it early. Some of us hear it only when it’s gone.
But this, these brands, this voice, this life, is my something. Or maybe it’s leading me to it.

I don’t need to have it all figured out.
I just trust.
And I allow myself to be led.

I’m not here to be the most polished woman in business.
I’m here to be the most present one.
The most consistent. The most honest.

Because somewhere out there is a brown-skinned girl, soft-spoken and unsure, watching.

And if I stay hidden, she might never step forward.
So I show up. Unpolished. Unshaken.
And I build anyway.