Talia Esnard is a Lecturer (Sociology) and Head/Chair of the Department of Behavioural Sciences, at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine campus, Trinidad and Tobago. Her research centers on issues related to women’s experiences in the entrepreneurial and educational spheres. Some of her work has been published in (i) Journal of Motherhood Initiative, (ii) Women, Gender and Families of Color, (iii) Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, (iv) Mentoring and Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, and (v) NASPA Journal about Women in Higher Education. Dr. Esnard is also a co-author of Black women, academe and the tenure process in the United States and the Caribbean. She was also a recipient of Taiwan Research Fellowship (2012) and Canada-CARICOM Faculty Leadership Program (2015-Brock University & 2018-Ryerson University).