BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – News has just been received that Kittitian Dr. Ismay Taylor will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award during Caribbean Heritage Month (June) in New York City later this year.
The Award will be presented by the Neighborhood Technical Assistance Clinic (NTAC) whose goal, among others, is ‘to strengthen the work of nonprofits in New York City and to recognize individual people who help to make our work possible.”
In naming Dr. Taylor for the award, NTAC cited the impressive accomplishments of Dr. Taylor who had migrated to the USA in 1967.
The citation as described by NTAC:
“The Diabetes epidemic in St. Kitts and Nevis had caught the attention of the Caines Family Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 2007. The foundation was the Brainchild of Dr. Ismay Taylor, a daughter of the soil of St. Kitts. Dr. Taylor along with three other charter donors—Troy Taylor, son, Richard Caines, brother and Dr. Stanley Everton Caines, nephew---founded the Foundation with a mission to improve and enhance education initiatives, strengthen economic development and promote healthy families in the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis.
Since its inception, the Caines Family Foundation has aided the St. Kitts and Nevis Ministry of Education by providing training designed to increase the capacity of school educators and leaders.
The training, facilitated by the Neighborhood Technical Assistance Clinic, was presented around the same time when Dr. Ismay Taylor accepted the invitation to Chair and serve on the country’s Education Advisory Board.
Most recently, the Foundation embarked upon another effort to support their country, assisting the Ministry of Health, by providing medical equipment, facilitating awareness and lecture forums, and funding a study for a delegation of local health professionals to observe the Johnson and Johnson Diabetes Institute in Milpitas, California.
Troy Taylor, based in New Jersey, is affiliated with Johnson & Johnson and was very instrumental in making the connection between his corporation and St. Kitts and Nevis study tour a reality.
According to Dr. Stanley Everton Caines, the Foundation pledges to provide additional support to the Ministry of Health through its initiatives in basic healthcare education and health are practices.
Dr. Ismay Taylor is a retired professor of the City University of New York and a past Academic Dean at the Bronx Community College. Dr. Taylor combines the skills of a teacher with a talent for administration and she instills in her students a healthy and vigilant skepticism.
She exudes a sense of sheer pleasure in her work, and projects considerable humor. She makes an indelible impression on students and colleagues alike, and she has been listed in the Who’s Who in American College Teachers.
She earned a B.A. in Spanish at the Inter American University of Puerto Rico and moved to Spain to do post graduate studies at the Universidad de Madrid. Later it was on to New York University and to Columbia University where she completed her doctoral studies.
She holds career certificates from Dartmouth College in New Hampshire; and from The League for Innovation in The Community College, in Rio Salado, Arizona.
She is bilingual in English/Spanish, and writes French and Italian. With an impressive list of guest lectures, grants and awards, her record speaks of a polished professionalism.
She is an expert in process; trained in verbal & nonverbal communication, group dynamics, working with resistance, working through conflicts, arbitration and decision making.
She is a skilled diplomat and offers a high level of competence in protocol, and people to people skills.
In New York, Dr. Taylor received numerous awards and citations for service to include, several from the Student Government of Bronx Community College of CUNY, The Mount Vernon Cooperative College of SUNY, Bilingual Volunteers of America: New York Chapter, The Assembly of the State of New York, and also the Kittitian-American Benevolent Association (KABA) which she co-founded in 1982.
In 1997 she retired from CUNY and returned to St. Kitts. Here she does voluntary work with community and church based youth programs, as well as with the ministry of Education, facilitating workshops and seminars for teachers and school principals.
For 2004-2008 she served as Chairperson of the Education Advisory Board in the Ministry of Education.
In 2005 she received the Ministry of Education Medal of Appreciation for service to education, and in 2006 the St. Kitts and Nevis Independence Anniversary Community Service Award for invaluable contribution to her country.
She is an ardent Rotarian. As a member of the Liamuiga Rotary Club in St. Kitts she received the Rotarian of the Year award in 2004 and achieved from Rotary International the Paul Harris Fellow Award in 2010.
Her philanthropic spirit and commitment led the effort of her family to establish in 2007 The Caines Family Foundation. The goal of the Foundation is to assist in the improvement and enhancement of education initiatives, strengthen economic development, and promote healthy families in St. Kitts and Nevis.
Together with Herman her husband of 53 years, they have raised three children, Rickie, Troy and Sandra; and four grandchildren, Vernon, Devyn, Jordyn and Nathan.
For retirement pastime, she substitutes as the organist at her church or travels as a tourist seeing some of the world with her husband.
As part of Caribbean Heritage Month, the Neighborhood Technical Assistance Clinic is proud to present Dr. Ismay Taylor with a Lifetime Achievement Award for her philanthropic efforts to improve the quality of life in St. Kitts and Nevis, West Indies.
The award will be presented in Brooklyn, New York on June 27, 2012, at the NTAC’s 5th Annual “Salute to New York City Nonprofits and the Neighborhoods They Serve.” The event will be held Brooklyn, New York.
SKNVibes joins in congratulating Dr. Ismay Taylor on being named for this prestigious award.
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