Ms Marilyn Andrea Facey is a Lecturer in Communication Arts and Technology at the University of Technology Jamaica. Prior to her appointment in 2017, she spent 16 years as an award-winning News and Current Affairs Producer at media houses including the (then) RJR Communications Group and Nationwide News Network. Ms Facey holds a Bachelors in Media and Communication and a Master of Science in Development Studies from the University of The West Indies, Mona. She has also worked on several youth/development projects including Talk Up Yout’s islandwide ‘YoutfiChat’ project (2017-2019) and most recently the JSIf/ Main Event initiative MAcademy, which trained inner-city youth in audio, video, lighting and stage production. Her areas of interest include youth development, producing media content, live event production and event management.