Hi everyone, I am a writer from Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies. I have an eclectic interest in subjects such as the intersections of marginalised communities, gender studies, development studies, mythology, neuroscience, equity, redesigning work, vulnerability, emotions, cultural and biological evolution and its history, and ethical implications of AI. I am a journalist. Interviewing people, connecting with them and accurately documenting their life is my strongest skill. Historical research is my second. One transferable skill is the ability to sit with experts and understand their work enough to explain it to laypeople. The ability to explain a complex topic simply and accurately for mass public consumption is a skill I can contribute to any research team. I have an MSc in Gender and Development Studies and a BA in Literatures in English. My MSc research was an investigation into queer identities in literature. My BA research paper was on Caribbean Folklore. I would like to do a PhD to have five years to read, write to produce books. I am curious about many topics and working in any disciple or intersectional team can allow me the time and information to wrangle with questions that have been bothering me for years such as: how to address rage online? Is there a necessity of battle in discourse? How to restructure the world into an equitable space where many people's needs are met? How to overcome the negativity bias in media, particularly social media which is a designed rage machine? And explore the body both scientifically and socially. I religiously listen to Alan Watts every morning, Brene Brown and Helen Fisher are my two favourite living scholars and I am curious about Daniel Dennett's work. Humankind by Rutger Bregman and Factfulness by Hans Rosling, Ola Rossling and Anna Rosling Rönnlund are two books I've used to help form my world opinion. If there are any fully-funded PhD in anything really please let me know. I am available to travel all over the world. I will be fully vaccinated by July 19. Thank you. Warm regards, Rachael Espinet