About Me — Laquesha Bailey

Student, writer, book nerd and chronic daydreamer with a world of stories to tell

Photo by the author — I don’t remember the when or the why or the what of this image but I sure do look happy

Hello! Hi! Welcome! I feel like Vaughan from Community.

I suppose the first thing you should know about me is that I’m dreadful at introductions. My brain freezes up, my heart races, and I’m at a loss for words. Tell me about yourself is the scariest string of words in any language.

Here goes.

My name is Laquesha Bailey. I’m a 4th-year undergraduate student, majoring in Latin American and Caribbean Studies with a Linguistics minor. I’m 22, but I’m five foot three so people always think I’m younger than I am, and I always get carded without fail.

Although I live in Ottawa, I spent the first 19 years of my life in Trinidad and Tobago, which is where I was born and the place that holds the title of “home” in my heart. I suppose you can call more than one place home but if there’s a hierarchy, I’d say it’s my homiest of homes. It’s where I’m happiest and feel most like myself. Plus, there’s sunshine all year round.

10 Fast Facts About Me

Here are some fast facts about me because if I were to go into deep detail, we’d be here forever.

• I’m the product of a teenage pregnancy. My…