Several lucky Caribbean youth on Thursday received the Queen’s Young Leaders Award for 2017 from Queen Elizabeth II at the 2017 Queen’s Young Leaders Awards Ceremony at Buckingham Palace on June 29, 2017 in London, England.The Queen’s Young Leaders Programme was launched at the time of her Diamond Jubilee and aims to discover, celebrate and support young people across the Commonwealth.

Congratulations to them all.

They are:

Siddel Ramkissoon from Trinidad & Tobago

Eber Ravariere from Dominica

Matthew Batson from Trinidad & Tobago

Lia Nicholson from Antigua & Barbuda

Rianna Patterson from Dominica (pictured above)

Abrahim Simmonds from Jamaica

Dion Browne from Saint Kitts and Nevis

Jamilla Sealy from Barbados

Samantha Sheoprashad from Guyana

Michael Thomas from Grenada