Dawn was born in England  in July 1970 . After spending her early years in England and St Lucia she moved to Barbados where she attended Hindsbury primary school. She won several awards at the National Independence Festival of Creative Arts for her poetry and drama. She excelled as a student and, aged 11 won a place at the prestigious Queens College School for girls.

In 1986 she won an American Field Scholar (AFS) scholarship and was sent to Oaxaca, Mexico for one year where her love of Spanish began. She returned to Barbados to do her Advanced levels and won a National Exhibition (scholarship) which allowed her to attend the University of her choice anywhere in the world. She chose Bristol University over Cambridge and spent 4 years completing her first degree in Languages where she mastered Spanish, Portuguese, French and Castilian. Her study involved six months living in Spain and Portugal.

After finishing her degree she returned to Barbados and worked as a teacher at Harrison College and Community College. She briefly worked with the Foreign Affairs department of the Barbados government before travelling throughout Europe. While in London she won a job as a Purser on Carnival Cruise lines. This meant even more travelling in the Caribbean and Latin America, before relocating to the USA to take care of her elderly uncle in Brooklyn, New York.

She was married to Maurice Jones in Barbados in 2001 but they later separated

She worked as a teacher in Public School 390 (Margaret Walker) in Brooklyn before transferring to Packer Collegiate in 2006 where she remained until her departure from this world aged 41, on 28 November 2011.

Dawn is survived by her mother, father, sister, and her five year-old niece Alex

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