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Apryl Jackson was overwhelmed when she first transferred to Warwick Academy. She was 14 and struggled to fit in. “I felt out of place and acted out negatively,” Miss Jackson, now 23, said. “I was often in trouble.” In stepped teacher Jessica Bowdle...

Sheamar Simmons will always remember Wales as the place he discovered his passion for life. The 17-year-old was one of six local students on an Outward Bound expedition in the UK in August. Selina Whitter, Amy Palmer, Savannah Loder, Jessica Godfre...

Kristen Darrell moved to London two years ago to kick-start her acting career, never thinking she’d make history. She was cast as Othello in the famous Shakespeare play — the first black woman to tackle the role in a professional production. “From t...

A short film written and directed by a Bermudian and starring another has earned international attention. ‘Pleasure is Following Your Heart’ has been highlighted by Magnum Vie Magnifique, a competition in which independent film-makers are invited to ...

Sometimes you have to travel far from home to find your calling. That is a lesson Asha Ratteray learnt back in 2011. Growing up, she was not entirely sure which career path to pursue. She just knew it had to involve the sciences, allow her to work f...

In the Big Apple, brief encounters can lead to big things. While out clubbing, Zachary Marshall bumped into an old art school friend and flashed some photos of his latest work. Months later, the phone rang. The friend wanted him to show his work a...

The arid back-country of rural Namibia has just provided an unlikely venue for management training, combined with community service, for Philippe Froncioni of Amlin Bermuda. Helping to build a cooking house for a primary school in the north of the sp...

A Bermudian living in the United States was one of the tens of thousands of people who filled New York’s Central Park for a glimpse of Pope Francis on Friday. While Susan Gibbons said her encounter with the Pope was momentary, the experience of the e...

Carolyn Soares didn’t know how lucky she was until she went to South Africa. She taught English to 10-year-olds without computers or sufficient textbooks in Mpumalanga, eastern South Africa. Huge numbers of children were jammed into tiny classrooms i...

Hannah Collins helped to build a house for a Malawi teenager who dreamed of being able to study. He had quit school to look after his grandmother, who had cared for him after his parents died from Aids. The teenager was eager to return to school aft...

Having graduated from one of America’s top high schools, Sophia Collis hopes to eventually return to her native Bermuda and contribute to the political discourse. The Phillips Exeter Academy alumnus, 18, is due to enter McGill University in Canada th...

Bermudians are leading an initiative to build a farm in Haiti that will serve children at an orphanage and school. Project manager John Singleton is being supported by the technical expertise of farmer Tom Wadson; they will join forces with Bermudian...