Mind Ova Matter JM

Shakira Mills is a Motivational Speaker, Personal Development Trainer and Author who is passionate about transformation and empowering persons through her own experiences of growing up in poverty and experiencing abuse but yet being able to overcome her circumstances.  She's is the founder of Serenity Motivated , a blog she started in 2017 where she shares her experiences and helps others to...

20 year old Senna Summerbell, the son of Jamaican Motorsport icon David Summerbell Jnr and named after the Brazilian Formula 1 World Champion Ayrton Senna was destined to be a race car driver. His journey started in Go-Kart Racing at 6 years old and he has won 4 national Championships, the Caribbean Karting Championship and placed 5th at the World Championships. He's the 1st Jamaican to ever...

Acee Green at 21 years old is Jamaica's first Para Archer. Representing Jamaica in his first international competition at the recently held Caribbean Development Archery Championship in the  Dominican Republic, he won a bronze medal in the beginner senior men's 30m category. He was born with two spinal conditions, spina bifida and scoliosis which prevents him from being able to walk Howe...

Terrain Wright is a 23 year old graduate of the Northern Caribbean University where he has completed a Bachelor of Arts in Communication studies graduating Magna cum Laude in 2022. His journey started out as a below average student in Primary and up to 4th form in High School but he has proven that with the right combination of factors, failing students can make a turnaround. Growing up in the vol...

Ten year old Ngozi Wright made history in 2019, when at seven years old she along with with her twin brother Tafari became the youngest persons to speak in the Jamaican Parliament in a Special Session on Violence against Children. The young dub poet who is also the daughter of Jamaican artiste Majah Bless has been performing since she was 2 years old. She has received several awards at the Jamaica...

Petreine Thomas is a 25 year old Jamaican youth farmer From Grove town in the Parish of Manchester. Her interest in agriculture started at age 6 when she planted her first pumpkin in her parents backyard which weighed 18 lbs at maturity. In Primary school she became a member of the Jamaica 4H club which continued at Decarteret College. She furthered her formal training in agriculture at the Ebony...

Rushaine 'Dutty Berry is a young Jamaican  Youtuber and Brand Ambassador. He's also the recipient of the Prime Minister's Youth Awards for Excellence in Arts and Culture in 2019. He is a past student of Excelsior High School  and Meadowbrook High School. His journey as a vlogger started after completing his Bachelor's degree at the University of the West Indies but was unable t...

Shania Lawrence is the 21 year old Ceo of Prestige Paintings, a business that provides quality residential and commercial painting services. Her entrepreneurial path started 2 years ago when she decided that she needed to earn a second income. Her google research on successful businesses and her love for the arts led her to painting. Her parents who are also entrepreneurs encouraged her to start h...

Joan Mckenzie has brought laughter as 'Granny on social media and on stage. She is multitalented, wearing several hats as actor, writer, director, producer, filmmaker and entrepreneur. Her love for theatre started as a child in Primary School, however in High School she started writing and directing plays as her passion for the arts grew. She was trained at the Edna Manley College of the Visu...

19 year old Jamaican, Angelica Stewart is a Howard University student who is pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science with a minor in Physics. She was selected for NASA'S Student Airborne Science Activation Program where she recently completed her internship as a researcher focusing on column ozone and the effects of the pandemic. She received hands on training and flew on NASA r...

Desanna Watson is a mixed media artist, Art Educator and founder of Creative Gist. She's the winner of the Prince Klaus Fund Seed Award 2021. She has studied at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts. She recently completed her artist- in- residence program in Liverpool, England and her work , a seventy feet art piece called Retention of a Colonial Past was on display at Li...

22 year old Gawaine Murray is the CEO of Designa Tyla, a company that designs luxury tiles. Hailing from the tough area of Rockfort in east Kingston, his life could easily have been different. Although living in a community surrounded by negative influences, Gawaine was able to stay on a positive path through the strong influence of his parents. After completing High School, he was unable to move...

First Generation College student 23 year old Alex Ashley is the winner of the 2022  Lafayette College's The George Wharton Pepper Prize which is awarded annually to the senior who most nearly represents the Lafayette ideal.  Hailing from the rural area of Treadways in Linstead, St Catherine, the Campion college alum received a full ride scholarship to Lafayette College in 2018.  He faced seve...

Seventeen year old Tommi Gore, a rally and circuit Jamaican race car driver is from a family of who have made their mark in in local and regional racing. He's the son of Douglas Gore ,one of Jamaica's best race car driver and the grandson of Neil Gore who raced at Vernamfield. Tommi is determined to continue the legacy and also make a name for himself in the field of Motorsports. He star...

Dr. Elombe Calvert is on a mission to transform Jamaica's healthcare system through the application of Data Science. He's 26 years old and the recipient of the 2022 Governor General's Achievement Award for the parish of Westmoreland, He hails from the community of Big Bridge and is a Mannings High alum. He was awarded Top CSEC Male Student in 2013 earning 14 CSEC and 6 CAPE subjects...

Recipient of the Governor General's Achievement Award for Youth Excellence 2020, JCDC Miss Kingston & St. Andrew Festival Queen 2021, Final year law student at the UWI Mona, President of the Mona Law Society, Youth Advocate, Radio Co-host Of Talk up Yout, Producer of Jamaica Live and Speaker are just a few of the hats that 22 year old Tamoy Campbell wears. An active debater at The Univers...

19 year old J'Voughnn Blake Captain of Jamaica College's track team , Gold medallist at both the 800m and 1500m at the 2022 Issa/Grace Kennedy Boy's Championships and the Carifta Games heads to Ivy League Dartmouth College in the United States. His passion for the sciences which started at an early age and his desire to find a cure for cancer has motivated him him to pursue a degree...

CODING HIS WAY TO COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY Chasing his dreams wherever they take them will have 19 year old Justin Clarke heading to Columbia Engineering School on a scholarship to pursue a degree in Computer Science. A 6th form Student from Campion College who hails from The parish of Portland says his interest in computers started when as a child he stumbled upon a programming book in the library. He...

Immaculate Conception High School 6th former and Deputy Head Girl Zariah Ferguson heads to Harvard University on a full ride scholarship. Harvard's offer came as a surprise to her as this was also in a year where the acceptance rate has been the lowest in Harvard's history. She has worked hard for this starting from her early years at Dunrobin High School where she was the top performer...

At 16 years old, Serena McNeil started her own online company, McNellus Furniture which supplies custom made furniture. Today, three years later the business is still thriving. An University of Technology Student, she tells how she balances university and entrepreneurship while achieving an A profile for all her courses. Serena shares her entrepreneurial journey on Mind Ova Matter.

After pursuing one of the most rigorous programme at The University of The West Indies which led to receiving a first class honors degree in Acturial Science, Tashae was able to land a job as a wealth management analyst at one of the world's leading investment bank, Morgan Stanley. Her love for Mathematics started at Manchester High School where she sat Mathematics and Add Math in the CSEC ex...

 In 2018, Citerina boldly took the plunge and left her corporate job for farming. Two years later in 2020 she became a recipient of the Prime minister's Youth award for Excellence in Farming and Agro-Processing. She owns her farm called Gerty's  Agro-Produce in Manchester Jamaica where she has several employees  She shares her journey from "The office to the field".

Candice Gordon's journey as an entrepreneur began at Grade 6 when she started selling occasion cards at school. Moving on to Wolmer's School for Girls she further continued the journey selling arm bands and hair pieces.  Her love for business grew and in 2016 Inspired by her interest to grow  her short hair, Candice Gordon and her sister began a research on natural products while a stude...

At 19  years old Paul Hyman became Jamaica's youngest Sushil Jain awardee. This is presented to the youngest graduate of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) who fully completes the final stage of the exams on the first attempt. Now at 23 he's the youngest member of the management team at Kingston Terminals. He tells his story and shares tips on how to ace the ACCA e...

At 27 years old, he has been the recipient of over 300 honors, awards and scholarships from the primary to the post graduate level. At Ardenne Preparatory school he was Head Boy and top GSAT  performer which earned him a government Scholarship to Ardenne High School. He received 10 distinctions in the CSEC exams  in 2011 and was the recipient of the American Ambassadors Academic Achievement Award....