Sonita M. Abrahams

Sonita M. Abrahams is the executive director of RISE Life Management Services, an NGO situated in inner-city Kingston, catering to at-risk youth and other vulnerable populations. She received a Hubert Humphrey Fellowship to Johns Hopkins University in 1993, and went on to complete the master of health sciences in 1995. Abrahams was awarded the Order of Distinction by the Governor General of Jamaica in 2017 for her distinguished career in community development, youth employment, and services for addictive disorders.