Community & Impact
This page highlights community and corporate social responsibility initiatives where I provided end-to-end media relations and content support, spanning long-term education investment and disaster relief.
Projects include the Stronger Schools Initiative, a year-long programme that benefited the New Dawn Learning Centre, and the Kia Cares: Hurricane Melissa Relief Initiative, which supported recovery efforts at King’s Primary & Infant School in Westmoreland.
My role across these programmes included press coordination, writing and distributing media materials, facilitating on-site media coverage, and producing publication-ready photography. The resulting coverage appeared in the Jamaica Observer, the Jamaica Gleaner, and OUR Today.
Stronger Schools Initiative
Led media relations support for the Stronger Schools Initiative, a long-term education support programme that benefited the New Dawn Learning Centre. The initiative focused on holistic school improvement and was funded through a dedicated contribution from vehicle sales by the ATL Automotive Group over the 2025–2026 school year. I wrote the official press release announcing the initiative, published by the Jamaica Observer and OUR Today, and produced the accompanying photography for both outlets, including coverage of a subsequent Christmas treat at the school by OUR Today.
Kia Cares: Hurricane Melissa Relief Initiative
Provided media relations support for the Kia Cares: Hurricane Melissa Relief Initiative, supporting recovery efforts at King’s Primary & Infant School in Westmoreland. The initiative repurposed the Kia Tasman pickup for on-the-ground relief, generating national coverage in the Jamaica Gleaner and the Jamaica Observer. Coverage highlighted Kia’s community-first response in partnership with the Sandals Foundation and the Wisynco Group through its M-POWA non-alcoholic malt beverage brand. My role included managing media invitations and press coordination, facilitating media handover on site, and supplying curated, captioned imagery to the Jamaica Gleaner.

