Glenda-Rose Layne is a professional Storyteller, actress, director, playwright and a performing
artist, a Cultural Researcher, and an Academic; she holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Arts and
Cultural Enterprise Management, a Master of Arts in Carnival Studies and is presently a PhD Candidate
at the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT), Ms Layne is a Certified Theatre in Education
Drama in Education Practitioner and a Researcher with a specific focus on the indigenous and
Traditional Arts of the Caribbean. She is the holder of three Gold Medals, one Bronze, one
Industry award for Acting and Spokes model at the World Championship of the Performing Arts
Hollywood California.
In her capacity as a Researcher and Academic; she has presented at various international conferences and has published works; she is presently the National Ambassador for Trinidad and Tobago for the European Association of Social Anthropology - Applied Anthropology Network (EASA-AAN)