About

Early Years

Born in South-east London, to post Windrush era immigrant parents hailing from Jamaica, Patricia is one of seven siblings. She displayed an early interest in drawing and painting, winning several competitions, as well as a competence and a love for creative writing.

Growing up in a large, loving family, where money was tight, the children used vivid imaginations, improvisation and creativity to produce memorable childhoods.

School life was happy but at times challenging, due to bullying both in primary and secondary school. On top of this, was an unexpected discouragement and lack of support from a few teachers, as well as some lecturers at University. Undeterred, with her inner determination and support from family, Patricia went on to successfully complete her secondary education and degree.

Working Life

Redundancy in 2011, after a twenty-year career working in the community devising successful education, literature and training initiatives to empower and teach, prompted Patricia to pursue her lifelong ambitions to continue her work, through her writing and own freelance business.

Passionate about working with young people, also improving the lives and wellbeing of others through writing, creativity, education, coaching, consultancy and holistic health & nutrition advice.

Patricia has a uniquely intuitive gift and empathic approach towards empowering and healing people through poetry, coaching, tuition and workshops, Reiki, creativity & multimedia and healthy eating plans & nutrition. Her goal is to guide people to ‘Celebrate Power Within’ themselves and realise their ultimate potential. Patricia also provides creative solutions through design, film editing and illustration.

Writer, Poet, Performer, Speaker, Certified Education Consultant and IT Trainer, Broadcaster, Life Coach, Certified Reiki Practitioner and Vegan, Patricia’s dynamic, empathic and supportive approach to educating and improving lives, has empowered learners of all ages and seekers of an enhanced way of living life.

Has worked at events and schools in Chicago, across London for Apples And Snakes, Kids Company, Malika’s Kitchen writers’ collective, as well as numerous London Boroughs and Libraries. In 2006, facilitated a ‘Family History’ themed workshop for BBC London Radio’s Family History Day at the British Library. In 2013 facilitated a ‘writing and personal development’ workshop in Kingston, Jamaica for the ‘Every Woman Inspired’ (EWI) international conference and seminar. Was asked back again to facilitate workshops in 2014 and 2015, Ocho Rios, Jamaica.

Writing and Performance

An Internationally published Award-Winning Poet Writer and Performer, Patricia was Sable Poet-in-Residence 2014-2016, as well as a founder member of writers’ collective Malika’s Kitchen. She has also worked in the theatre and toured with the women’s poetry collective ‘Thea-Poets’. Patricia is ‘Highly Commended’ in the 2015 Elmbridge Literary Competition.

A trained actress and physical theatre artist, has performed poetry and monologues for Apples and Snakes and at many London venues. Featured as a special international guest poet in Oslo, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Antwerp and Gambia, toured Europe and the USA, performed in Jamaica and featured on Sky TV as well as BBC, Jamaican and Dutch Radio and Gambian TV.

Patricia is currently published in ‘Loose Muse Anthology of Women’s Writing’; ‘Red’; ‘A Storm Between Fingers’, ‘Jupiter Magazine’ (Norway) and Filigree. Her writing is described as “exquisitely sensitive”.