YLAI Professional Fellows Program, Class of 2016

Shaunda Yarde founded Coconut Grove with her grandmother's recipe in 2013. She uses fresh local ingredients to make a culturally rooted product, Golden Crunch Coconut Biscuits. The biscuits were part of Moray House 2015 Christmas Parcel and Guyana's 2016 Golden Jubilee welcome package. Shaunda has worked within the local media corps and in marketing and advertising. She studied Public Communication at the University of Guyana and graduated with honours.