CARIMAC Times 2016: The JREAM Edition Journalists Reviving Awareness of what Matters | Page 48

A Parent’s Dream,
A Child’s Nightmare

Twenty-two-year-old Peta-gay Green* wore a smile. We were meeting for the first time and her
beady black eyes stared at me to confirm my identity. I greeted her with a smile. “I am Keshauna
Nichols,” I said. “I am Peta-gay, an actuarial science major from the Faculty of Science and
Technology,” she responded. Her teeth have a gap that complements her smile — a smile she said
turns into a frown each time she enters the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI).

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Text by Keshauna Nichols
Photo by Eline Hullebusch