Winners 2022

Tracey is a qualified attorney in the Cayman Islands and has spent the last eight years working in Mourant’s Hong Kong office, where she flourished as a banking and finance lawyer and also played a significant role in business development for the relatively new office. Tracey was fast-tracked to the position of Counsel and has worked closely with global financial powerhouses like Goldman Sachs.

A second-year Primary Education student at the University of Reading, Ashley is described by her peers as a Trainee Teacher who is passionate, good-natured and dedicated to providing quality education for her students. Ashley has served as both the course and student representative for her specification the past two years, working to improve coursework and improving education generally. She has earned straight As during her time at Reading and also was designated the role of inclusion and diversity officer for the initial Teacher Training Society.

Aaron made Cayman Islands sports history in 2022 while making headlines all around the world when he qualified and played in a pair of major golf championships. Teeing off in both The Masters and The Open, he’s the first Caymanian to qualify for these tournaments – an honour he earned by winning the 2022 Latin America Amateur Championship.

Aaron plays golf collegiately at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He is one of two Caymanians currently playing golf at the NCAA Division I level.

King is a passionate performer who simply aims to bring joy to people’s lives. King lives in Manchester, England where he recently appeared on the hit Channel 4 reality series Come Dine with Me and was named by the producers as the funniest guest the show has ever had. King is very involved with Cayman Connection and currently hosts the Celebrating Caymanians Overseas podcast, which profiles Caymanians living throughout the UK. King also spends his time playing music and hosting events throughout Manchester.

Mark is the Dept. Medical Director and Consultant Neuropsychiatrist at Cygnet Health Care, London, working in a tertiary level unit specialising in brain injury. His accolades include presenting his work at various international conferences, contributing to peer reviewed papers and a textbook, serving as an honorary clinical lecturer at both the undergraduate and graduate level, and acting as an examiner for both professional examinations and academic postgraduate programmes.

Mark has trained at some of Europe’s premier research and training institutions for psychiatry and neurology, respectively. He completed his core medical training and holds a degree in Microbiology and Immunology.

Nijel serves as Inflight Lead with British Airways, perfectly positioning the proud Caymanian to serve with Caymankindness and act as an ambassador for the islands in a public setting.

Having lived in the UK for nine years, Nijel has spent the last five with BA, where he worked hard to move up the ladder and also has been offered and taken roles in several of the major international airlines’ commercial productions.

Elijah holds the distinction of being the only Caymanian footballer to play professionally in three countries. He has been living and playing professional football across Europe since he was 15 and scouted by a club in England while playing with his Academy Sports Club team. Elijah has played professionally in the UK, Portugal and Romania while also studying at the University of Hertfordshire, where he’s pursuing a degree in Business and Sports Management and holding a 4.0 GPA.

Isabela is the embodiment of Caymankind and works to protect Cayman’s delicate ecosystem. Isabela volunteers with Protect our Future, the Youth Ambassadors Programme and was invited by the National Trust for the Cayman Islands to speak in front of the world at COP26, in Glasgow, Scotland, on the connection between culture and climate change. Isabela recently completed her first year studying Marine Biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

A National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) scientist for 29 years, Martha was inducted into the NASA Inventors Hall of Fame after her work developing and evaluating advanced polymeric and composite materials/ systems assisted NASA in its space exploration needs. She served as the lead polymer scientist/principal investigator and inventor at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center until she retired in 2018. Her 20 published patents revolve around a variety of technologies and the well-published author has won the 2014 R&D100 Top Technology Award, a NASA Commercial Invention of the Year Award and an Excellence in Technology Transfer Award.