Most people try to cover up their imperfections, mistakes or flaws either with make-up, a good cover story or great public relations. Few are willing to share their pain which can become their purpose. Fewer still, understand that healing can be found in helping others and walking a path that leads to the discovery of their power and truth. For Alysia Moulton White , being a boss, a mother, a wife and role model are all important but no role is an essential to her as that of a child of God. Her faith has not only made her aspire for bigger and better things for her family, but has also kept her sane, safe and supported throughout dark days when nothing in the world made sense.
Nicola Cunningham sat down with Moulton White recently as she shared about her work at one of the Caribbean’s leading financial conglomerates; her childhood and how it shaped her, and her journey as a mother and how tragedy almost broke her. Time, talk therapy, the love of a good man and a deep abiding belief that God is using her and her gifts for a greater purpose, has led to her rise up the corporate ladder as well as her growth as an individual. Though she has experienced unbelievable loss, she is still able to use her own story as a possible catalyst for changing the way we view the loss of a child and how a woman is allowed to grieve. Hers is not a tale of sadness but a journey of understanding, ‘faith’ and ‘hope’.
“I would say that probably my biggest motivators are my upbringing, my parents and their journey.”
Alysia Moulton White
Presently Moulton White is the Vice President Group Marketing for Sagicor Group Jamaica and Executive Director of Sagicor Foundation, both roles that are near and dear to her heart as they incorporate marketing as well as her love for charity and donations. “The Foundation is an extension of what we do which is giving back and so the Foundation was established to be the official ‘give back’ arm of the group. From the Adopt a School initiative, scholarships and of course the Sigma Run, we try to embody our motto which is ‘caring, inspiring and serving’. We primarily focus on education and health and we also find that community development follow suit.
Now, enjoying a decade with the Sagicor Group, her past life in the media at CVM Television seemed so long ago, yet it was while doing ‘CVM at Sunrise’ that the marketing bug bit her and she started helping to plan events. Always one to give of her time and energy, she acknowledges the values instilled in her by her parents as being integral in developing her love for people and her passion for giving back. “I would say that probably my biggest motivators are my upbringing, my parents and their journey. I have been to where they grew up and have seen both the homes in Retirement, St Ann and in Grange Hill, Westmoreland and they are tiny but they were filled
with love. My parents have tremendous stories about their childhood. They did not have a lot but they never felt like they were lacking anything and they were always motivated to give of themselves.”
Though Kingstonian by birth, Alysia spent part of her formative years in the wide open expanse of Grange Hill in Westmoreland as she lived on Frome Sugar Estate. “My father was an engineer so I used to run up and down on the plantation and drop and cut up my knees and I just lived a happy, carefree life. Later we migrated to Canada when I was 8 and it was an experience to say the least as they looked at me and my brother as if we were prodigies. I was put in the acceleration programme while my brother was put in the gifted programme and it was interesting to hear people say how smart we were. I loved the whole experience of Canada, especially the snow and just how diverse the culture was.
At age 14, her father was offered a job back home in Jamaica, so once again the family relocated and she was enrolled in Meadowbrook High school.“School in the two countries are completely different. When I heard I was coming back to Jamaica, I cried for months. I thought I wouldn’t be able to keep up with the bright kids in the Jamaican school system. I didn’t think I was even going to be successful with my CXCs, but
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