Reccarnei holds a 1st class degree in International Relations and Sociology from Oxford Brookes University and has recently completed an MPhil in Sociology of Marginality and Exclusion. She also has experience in the charitable sector, supporting care leavers, those experiencing homelessness, those struggling with substance abuse and students. Her ties to Jamaica stem from her father being born and raised in Clarendon, moving to the UK in the 1990s, and her mother being born and raised in England to two Jamaican-born parents.

Charde is a final-year Economics undergraduate at Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge. Both of her parents were born and raised in Jamaica, with her maternal family in St Elizabeth and her paternal family based in Kingston and Montego Bay. As someone who has had the opportunity to continually visit Jamaica throughout her life, they believe it is extremely important for British-Jamaican diasporans to visit Jamaica, learn about our culture and be able to immerse themselves in the culture.

Tasnim is a recent Human, Social and Political Science (HSPS) graduate from St John’s College, University of Cambridge, specialising in Sociology. She is half Jamaican and half Ghanaian: her father was born in England to two Jamaican-born parents and her mother was born and raised in Ghana, moving to the UK in the 1980s. As part of the Reconnect JA team, she is looking forward to immersing herself in the culture and building real connections in Jamaica and the UK.