Rooted in Black Caribbean Stories

A quiet archive where Ashalee’s writing and research honor Caribbean women navigating layered histories.

A Garden
Of Freedom

This space blends storytelling, art, and ritual to create a tender yet firm ecosystem for healing and cultural expression.

​As a creative academic, cultural worker, and healer, I lend a fierce and tender voice to marginalized Black and Caribbean women living in neocolonial spaces (like Toronto and Jamaica). My work exists to reclaim, empower, connect, liberate, and transform. I produce thoughtful content that lives at the intersection of scholarship, creativity, and community care.

Anthropologist | Policy Analyst

Research: Blackness, Women and Gender, Anti-Racism

Anthropology, MA

University of Toronto

Toronto Metropolitan University

Sociology, BA