Jamaica’s all-reggae radio station, IRIE FM, on December 1, hosted Antigua & Barbuda’s trailblazer Keisha Schahaff, who broke new frontiers in human endeavor together with her teenage daughter by turning into the primary Caribbean Citizen Astronauts and solely two of only a few Black girls to journey into area.
Keisha’s journey to Jamaica was made potential by means of the efforts of Ardenne Excessive College’s previous college students, Dave Rodney, Ardenne, Caribbean Airways, the Jamaica Vacationer Board, Altamont Resorts, and {Couples} Resorts.
Schahaff turned an immediate media magnet on her return from area, showing on all main American networks. She waxed about her most uncommon voyage with Irie FM’s host DJ Sunshine, telling listeners, “Going to area was a dream come true for me…It is vitally excessive threat, however throughout the coaching, it taught us a lot in regards to the spacecraft that we felt comfy. My daughter is a science main finding out physics and philosophy; that is what she needs to do as a profession. This was an incredible alternative for her ” she opined.
Concerning the Virgin Galactic journey, Schahaff stated, “It’s a mindset shift going to area. It’s a new perspective seeing our planet from above,” she stated.
Irie FM Gross sales Supervisor Nicholas Evans advised Caribbean Occasions he was over the moon about Schahaff’s go to.
“It felt nice for Irie FM to host the primary Caribbean lady in area in our studios…She took us on the journey to area, and our listeners bought a chance to relive it together with her. Sunshine dealt with the interview like an actual professional. It was not by chance that she was chosen for this necessary task,” he shared.
Whereas in Jamaica, Keisha spent a day in Trench City as a visitor of Dr. Henley Morgan, the place she had the chance to go to the birthplace of Jamaica’s iconic reggae music. She additionally engaged with six type college students at Ardenne Excessive College on the annual Distinguished Lecture Collection.
“Keisha invited us into her coronary heart and on the journey of an island lady who skilled the last word and has stepped out of her consolation zone into this new world,” Ardenne’s principal, Nadine Molley, shared on her Fb timeline.
“Dave Rodney (Media Marketer) and Florence Holness Darby (Chair of the Ardenne Alumni Basis), thanks from the underside of our hearts for this expertise,” Principal Molly added.
Keisa’s maiden journey to area was facilitated by a contest with Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic area program. Tickets for a Virgin Galactic rocket seat reportedly value upwards of US$450,000 every.
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