This is Petra Williams a teacher with over thirty-five years teaching experience. I started teaching in September 1984 at the La Sagesse farm school where I was given the task of teaching the very slow learners on the government farms in St. David. From there I moved to the St. Joseph’s Catholic School where I taught for over sixteen years. While there I was also responsible for most of the cultural activities. I attended the Grenada Teacher’s College, where I obtained a certificate in teaching from the University of the West Indies. I also obtained a Diploma in Gender and Development and Youth in Development also from the University of the West Indies.

My love for teaching has allowed me to travel the world teaching and facilitating workshops. I have also worked with many international organisations such as UN-Habitat and the Commonwealth Foundation and have received training in several areas such as

• Policy Formulation
• Gender and Development
• Domestic Violence intervention
• Working in Communities using the grass roots approach
• HIV and AIDS
• Women and Security
• Project writing, implementation and evaluation
• I am also a long-standing member of the Grenada National Folk Group.