The Young Talents Caribbean Region L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science (FWIS) program is a partnership between the UNESCO Office for the Caribbean and L’Oréal Caribe, with the support of the Caribbean Academy of Sciences – which seeks to connect the dots between Caribbean development challenges, scientific research, and female empowerment by recognizing and honoring two young scientists with an endowment to further develop their scientific endeavors.

In the Caribbean the programme spans 24 islands in the region. During the inaugural programme, Dr Sarah Buckland, Jamaica and Ms. Sunshine De Caires, Trinidad and Tobago were announced as the recipients of the prestigious award.

Sunshine De Caires, MSc’s research on environmental science and agriculture in the face of climate change at the University of West Indies, St. Augustine in Trinidad focuses on understanding and predicting the effects climate change has on the soil quality in the Caribbean, while also contributing to sustainable land management, a necessary component in the preservation of precious ecosystems in the region

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