Janice Allen (born ) is a Jamaican politician from the

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(PNP) who is a member of the

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. Allen attended Montego Bay High School before moving to the United States to attend

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. She graduated with a

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in 1994, and went on to receive a

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from the

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. In 2023, she was appointed Vice President of

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Latin America and the Caribbean.

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