Innovator seeks to create climate of opportunity for Guyanese businesswomen

Businesswoman and teacher Sheree Baron

Sheree Baron is a Guyanese-born Canadian citizen who migrated to Canada at the age of seven, a matter of months before Guyana became independent in 1966. These days, she is engaged in her second stint of ‘national ‘service, sharing her skills as a businesswoman and a teacher mostly with Guyanese women seeking to make their mark in business.

Her motivation, she says, has to do mostly with wanting to do her part to stem the sustained tide of criticism that her country has had to sustain abroad, as if Guyana can get nothing right. Her approach is simple. If she can help some of her countrywomen