At 32, Traceann Boodie presents herself as an ‘old head,’ a woman focused on making a living in an industry still almost thoroughly dominated by men and one in which the rules of the game are radically different to those that apply in the more sedate urban business arena.
Three years ago she uprooted herself from the more austere world of marketing, a pursuit in which she was engaged in Barbados, to take her first plunge into the interior of Guyana. Initially, she did so as a partner in a relationship serving as a cook and shop assistant in an already established business. That phase of her encounter with ‘the gold bush’ ended after she outgrew her partner.
Her mother, who now resides in Barbados and who serves as minder to her 13-year-old son
