Nadene
Lewis:
Nadene
is from St. Vincent and the Grenadines
in the Caribbean, and grew up in Prospect
(south of the island) in the countryside.
After
spending time in the UK to
study, she moved to Australia
in 2013..
Nadene
has been promoting her Caribbean culture heavily in Western Australia, and was a 2016 finalised
in the Miss Africa Perth Pageant, representing her country.
She
has been an active executive team member of the Perth Caribbean Association
(PCA) since early 2015, and recently become the President in August 2016.
Guy
Garconnette:
Originally from
the Caribbean island of St. Lucia, Guy moved to Perth in September 2012.
An information
technology professional. He has lived and worked all over the Caribbean
including St. Lucia, Jamaica, Trinidad
& Tobago,
Guyana, Aruba
and the Turks & Caicos Islands.
He considers himself a
true Caribbean person having ancestry from Trinidad, Barbados,
the French Caribbean and of course St. Lucia.
"I look forward to
making a positive contribution to the Perth Caribbean Association. When I first
moved here, I had no idea that there were other Caribbean people or people of
Caribbean descent here in Perth."
"We have a
fantastic opportunity with our association to showcase our Caribbean culture to
the people of Western Australia"
Vinnie
Molina:
He
was born in Guatemala, Central America. migrated to Australia
in 1995 and lives in Perth
since 1996.
Became
involved with the Australia-Cuba Friendship Society (ACFS) in 1996 and has been
its President since.
Currently
working as a union organiser with the Construction union (CFMEU).
Elizabeth
Hulm:
Born
in Australia, lives in Perth and became involved in Cuban solidarity after
visiting Cuba
in 2006. She was elected as the ACFS branch secretary in 2007.
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