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Meet Jamaican trailblazer Dr. Havalee Henry, a proud Wolmerian who recently became Chief of Surgery at AdventHealth Sebring in Florida. An award-winning researcher and Ivy League-trained orthopaedic surgeon specializing in shoulder, elbow and trauma care, Dr. Henry has built an extraordinary career through discipline, sacrifice and a passion for helping others.

"There is definitely a crisis."

That's the warning from Bellevue Hospital CEO Suzette Buchanan, who says Jamaica's mental health wards are seeing growing numbers of young people and working professionals, describing it as a different kind of "brain drain."

In this powerful interview with Marlon Hill, Buchanan shares how her daughter's diagnosis inspired her advocacy, why early intervention matters, and how every Jamaican can help reduce stigma around mental health.

🎥 Watch the full interview.

We love Jamaica bad bad bad, and we know being Jamaican is a kind of superpower. 🇯🇲✨

So while we were at the 11th Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference in Montego Bay, we asked attendees to complete one simple sentence: “I love Jamaica because…”

Their heartfelt answers were, funny, passionate and deeply personal and is a reminder that no matta which pawt we deh inna di werl, the love and connection we have for home will always run deep.