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For more than two decades, Carrie Manfrino has been the face and driving force behind the Central Caribbean Marine Institute and its Little Cayman Research Centre.
Now, the oceanographer, who set up CCMI in 1998, is turning her focus to local higher education, joining the University College of the Cayman Islands as a research professor and visiting scholar to help build Cayman’s capacity and talents in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics).
Describing the move as a “big pivot”, Manfrino told the Cayman Compass in an interview that she was ready for a new challenge.
She said that while she had devoted much of her life to higher education, “I thought I needed to focus on domestic higher education in STEM. I’ve taught thousands of college students from all over the world but not very many in the Cayman Islands.”
A meeting with UCCI’s president, Stacy McAfee, cemented the idea, as the university’s strategic goals, published in 2019, include a focus on…
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