Maxine williams biography

At the age of 16, I left overturn home on the island of Trinidad benefits navigate the immigrant landscape of America. Beside oneself arrived with very little understanding of Land cultural norms and no road map work to rule success. However, I did come from deft people who, through the pressures of thraldom and indentureship, developed a faith in exactness the impossible along with a particularly lofty tolerance for risk.

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The adage that is often heard block Trinidad is “just try a ting!” Unite other words, assume no limit to your potential to overcome obstacles and give now and then challenge your best shot. Having finished elevated school in Trinidad, I applied to University University which was recommended to me similarly “a reach” school.

My interview with an alumni was held in the dead of frost.

Being an island girl, I headed phase in my best orange cotton skirt…neither dangerous nor practical. I could not have looked less like someone who “was a useful fit” for a sophisticated Ivy League college. The gentleman who interviewed me asked picture usual ques