Trinidadian businesswoman
Nicole Joseph-Chin is the chief innovator, founder and CEO of Ms. Brafit Limited; a social enterprise in Trinidad who focused on healthy breasts as a catalyst for social impact.[1]
She is a Vital Voices #VV100 Women and 2015 Vital Voices VV Lead Fellow.[2] She participated in several VV leadership and mentoring programs between 2015 and 2021.[3]
Career
Joseph-Chin studied at the University of the West Indies and St. George's College in Trinidad and Tobago.[4] She worked in the banking industry before creating Brafit in 2002.[5]
She is a 2011 alumna of the US State Department IVLP.[1] She has conducted seminars and workshops and has been hosted for speaking engagements about breast health, accurate fitting of bras, mastectomy care, social entrepreneurship, economic empowerment, and innovative thinking.[6]
She was elected Executive Director of the Women's Entrepreneurial Network of the Caribbean (an initiative of the US State Department) in 2013 and served as a regional board member until 2016.[7]
In 2014, she pioneered the MOOC Camp series at the US Embassy in Port of Spain and in the same year, provided facilitation for a workshop on Innovative Thinking for the CARIRI Business Bootcamp series.[8]
Joseph-Chin has designed breast-care, prevention, awareness and survivorship tools, including the "Treatment Companion", a journal that encourages women to store their medical records in a transportable and attractive package as well as the "Pink Slip Project", "Beauty Beyond the Bruises". In October 2016 Joseph-Chin introduced the global and multi-lingual breast care awareness campaign "The Gesture That Saves" - in San Francisco California to 100 global peers from 40 countries during the VV100 retreat.[9]
Joseph-Chin has designed a comprehensive breast-care solutions toolkit and in 2016 was working on a design for a reproductive-health advocacy program.[9]
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