Career Highlights
At the age of 12 my mother told me I must be responsible for myself. It was then I got my first job, as a paperboy, selling and distributing the Boston Globe, Boston Herald and the TV Guide. This taught me great responsibility, including how to listen to people and their many concerns. Essentially, I had to become a man before I could be a child.
As a member of the student government at English High, I fought to ensure fair treatment of students when resolving conflicts with the administration. Through this experience I learned to advocate for people. My advocacy continued throughout my college years while attending RCC, Northeastern, and UMass Boston.
In college I majored in Criminal Justice while working part-time providing security to local establishments. My work as a security officer further developed my communication skills and heightened my desire to help people. I was recruited by the Department of Corrections, attended the academy and worked with the DOC for over twenty years. Following policies and procedures and adhering to regulations, I further developed my interpersonal skills through my interactions
with inmates. I often served as liaison between inmates and officers, once successfully negotiating the release of a staff member being held hostage by an inmate. Because of my work ethic I received a special state police commission issued by the Governor of Massachusetts.
As a small business owner in Roslindale—Busy Bee Graphics, silk-screening and embroidery, and Busy Bee Market, a grocery convenience store—I have entrepreneurial experience in starting and maintaining businesses. A noteworthy accomplishment of Busy Bee Graphics was the printing of the Million Man March T-shirts (1995), for which I was featured on the front page of the Boston Herald, and the Million Women March T-shirts (1997).
After retiring from the state, I taught Social Studies to middle and high school students within Boston public and charter schools as a certified teacher. Within the community I volunteered at the Twelfth Baptist Church Food Pantry, and the Shirley Shillingford Food Pantry. For many years I joined the Peace Walks in the community with local clergy, law enforcement officers, and political officials. These walks were an effort to reduce crime in the community by talking to
residents and businesses within the community. It was an effort to see how we can better solve their problems. I am also a member of UBIM, United Barbadians in Massachusetts.
As a candidate for District 7 Boston City Councilor, I am committed to Housing, Education, Mental Health, and Urban Affairs.