PERSONAL BACKGROUND:

•       Name: Abby Tinica Taylor
•       Date of Birth: April 12th 1985
•       Place of Birth: Mary’s Hill
•       Nationality: Trinidad and Tobago
•       Current Position: Presiding Officer, Tobago House of Assembly
•       Term Start Date: December 2021

EDUCATION:

•       Bachelor of Arts in History
•       Master of Arts in Carnival Studies
•       Event Risk Assessment- Certificate

PROFESSIONAL CAREER:

Early Career

1.     Division of Settlements (now) Division of Settlements, Public Utilities and Urban Development

•       10 years
•       Client Relations Officer

2.     Division of Sport (now) Division of Community Development, Youth Development and Sport,

•       4 years
•       Public Procurement Officer

3.     Tobago Festivals Commission Limited

•       2 years
•       Procurement Manager

Current Career

1.     Assembly Legislature, Tobago House of Assembly

•       Presiding Officer
•       December 2021- December 2025

LEGISLATIVE EXPERIENCE:

Committees

•       Standing Orders Committee
•       Committee of Privileges

Conferences

• 45th CPA Caribbean, Americas and the Atlantic Regional Conference- Turks and Caicos
• 46th CPA Caribbean, Americas and the Atlantic Regional Conference- Guyana
• 66th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference- Ghana
• 67th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference- Australia

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS AS PRESIDING OFFICER:

Programmes Initiated

•       Created “The People’s House”
•       Created Primary Plenary
•       Conceptualised – Parliamentary Interconnected Network (PIN)
•       Aided in the Digitization Process (Hansard and Historical documents)
•       Conceptualised the Assembly Legislature Activity Book
•       Created the Assembly Legislature’s 1st Newsletter “Legislature in Focus”

Future Plans

•       Introduce Legislative History into Schools (Pre, Primary, Secondary and Tertiary) to facilitate the Mandate “Engage and Educate at all levels”
•       Creation of the Presiding Officer’s Fellowship Programme

PERSONAL INTERESTS:

Community Involvement

•       Youth Development
•       Women Empowerment
•       Small Business and Innovation

Hobbies and Interests

•       Weight Lifting
•       Cross Fit
•       Reading
•       History

Favorite Quote: “Until the lion learns how to write, every story will glorify the hunter”