Zarrin Tasnim Ahmed

Based in the British Virgin Islands, Zarrin Tasnim Ahmed is the web editor of The BVI Beacon. She’s written for Business BVI, Life & Styles Magazine and the Association of Caribbean Media Workers.

Her first paycheck: “I was a waitress at a Vietnamese restaurant in 2010 and I worked for $4 for three months before getting my first paycheck. It was $700, and I bought my parents tickets to ‘The Lion King’ on Broadway as an anniversary gift.”