QH “TOBAGO WOMEN IN THE ARTS” SERIES – DR. EASTLYN MCKENZIE

Dr. Eastlyn McKenzie is considered a Tobago icon. She was, for many years, an outstanding teacher in Tobago having earned a Master’s Degree and a Doctorate in Education in the U.K. and the U.S.A. She worked as both a Community Development Officer and Education Extension Officer in Tobago and was appointed as an Independent Senator in Parliament from 1995 to 2007. She served on this Country’s Equal Opportunity Commission for two terms from 2008 to 2014 and as a member of the Commission of Inquiry into the 1990 attempted coup.  In addition to her passion for education and Tobago’s cultural heritage, Dr. McKenzie has been a champion for youth, the elderly, those in prisons, and for the differently-abled. As a result she was presented with the Chaconia Silver Medal by the President in 2008 for meritorious service to the Country. Dr. McKenzie is an avid participant in, and promoter of the performing arts. She is celebrated as an actor and story-teller on live stage and on television in addition to serving on the Arts Alive Board. (Source: ArtsAlivetobago.org)

Dr. Mac, as she is fondly called, received the top honour in November 2019 when the Tobago House of Assembly Division of Community Development, Enterprise Development and Labour honoured and celebrated 51 community champions for outstanding service to the development of their communities. Dr. McKenzie received the inaugural icon award at the Community Champion awards in 2019. She will also be fondly remembered for her starring role in the local soap opera “Turn of the Tide” which was shot in Tobago.

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