Trisha M. Bailey is a Jamaican former
student-athlete
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,
philanthropist
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, and education activist. She represented
UConn Huskies
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in
cross country and
track and field
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. She was the recipient of Luminary Awards in 2022 at the 29th
Caribbean American Heritage Awards.
She is best known for her philanthropist activities which include donations to
University of Connecticut
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,
Portland
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, and improving education and development in
Jamaica
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.
A report by
Television Jamaica
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concluded that she is the “Richest Woman in Jamaica”.
Biography
Bailey was born in Jamaica.
She grew up in a working-class household in
St. Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica. She endured sexual abuse as a youth, followed by domestic violence as an adult.
In 1990, at age 13, she moved with her sister to the US to live with their mother and stepfather. Bailey was raised in
East Hartford
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and now resides in
Orlando
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.
She attended Weaver High School in Hartford and was a track and field athlete. She was a state open 800-meter champion while at the school.
In 1999, she graduated from University of Connecticut College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
She earned her MBA in 2005 and Ph.D. in 2010 in organizational leadership from
University of Phoenix
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.
She holds a Cardiology Certification from
New York University Medical School
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and Pulmonary Certification from the
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
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.
Career
In 1996, Trisha began her career by working as a service manager at
Fleet Bank
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Hist ...
, Hartford, later moving to
First Union National Bank, where she served until her transition to the Stock Market in 1999.
In 2005, she founded her own Medical Recruiting Company called Association Medical Recruiters.
She donated to fund research and treatments against blood cancer at
The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
She gave financial aid and scholarships to 270
Caribbean
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students through her charity Bailey-Archie's Charitable Foundation.
She made the largest athletic donation in the history of University of Connecticut to renovate and expand the
Hugh S. Greer Field House.
''Unbroken:The Triumphant Story of a Woman’s Journey''
In June, 2023, she published her memoir ''Unbroken: The Triumphant Story of a Woman’s Journey'' in which she narrates her trauma-filled youth and adulthood.
See also
*
Caribbean American Heritage Awards
References
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Living people
Jamaican women philanthropists
Jamaican philanthropists
University of Phoenix alumni
Education activists
Jamaican activists
Jamaican female middle-distance runners
UConn Huskies women's track and field athletes
University of Connecticut alumni
New York University Grossman School of Medicine alumni
Jamaican emigrants to the United States
People from East Hartford, Connecticut
Track and field athletes from Connecticut
Year of birth missing (living people)
Jamaican women memoirists