Born in Bal­ti­more in the Unit­ed States to Trinida­di­an par­ents, Lau­ren Fran­cis-Shar­ma has built an ac­claimed lit­er­ary ca­reer by un­earthing hid­den his­to­ries and un­told truths.

For Mari­ah Ramharack, the path to be­com­ing one of the Caribbean’s most recog­nis­able sports broad­cast­ers be­gan in the close-knit com­mu­ni­ty of El Do­ra­do, Trinidad. Now the co-host of ...