Today's Guest: Zoe Conolly Basdeo
Zoe Conolly Basdeo - Today's Guest
Zoë Conolly Basdeo is a Year 11 student at Cayman Prep and High School. With a Montessori foundation, Zoë excels as a student and participates in several extra-curricular activities. She has especially enjoyed the Model United Nations (MUN) programme and recently attended the Yale Model Government Europe session in Budapest, Hungary. She appreciated this opportunity to tackle world problems with others who were willing to discuss and debate difficult topics.
No stranger to difficult topics, as a 7-year-old, Zoë was a community advocate to save the local Ironwood forest. At 12 years of age, under the guidance of local filmmakers, she wrote, produced and directed a public service announcement for the Cayman Islands Crisis Centre. At 13, Zoë spent a summer working with a local artist assisting with an art camp and learning the business side of being an artist, and did so again this summer. At 14, an assignment by her English teacher led her to document Cayman’s social and cultural environment and its impact on her life as a young Caymanian. This essay was the basis for her selection as a TedxSevenMileBeach speaker. Additionally, this summer she was selected to participate in a UWC short program called "Religion In India", which aimed to educate participants about the multitude of religions present in India and their impact on modern society.
Zoë is the daughter of Ms. Marilyn Conolly and Dr. Dax Basdeo, and she aspires to attain an international and multicultural education.