Maybe it was the ‘rebel’ inside of young Williette Alleyne who wanted complete freedom to choose a career path, but she would prefer to tell you that she was inspired by a speech by the late President Forbes Burnham to move into the aviation field.
The last of six children, all of whom initially followed their mother’s example and became teachers, Williette, now Williette Gardener, would have none of it and decided from a very young age that she was not going to be a teacher. The fact that she opted to climb trees and fish in the neighbourhood trenches instead of staying at home to play with dolls, demonstrated that she was very assertive as a child and while she watched her brothers and sisters enter the classroom as educators she pledged she would not be doing the same.
Nevertheless as a young teenager she was not sure what career she would choose and so
