Roach started his career as a reporter for the Virgin Islands Daily News, rising to news editor. Roach was a law clerk at various U.S. and V.I. governmental offices, practiced in the Territorial Court's Civil and Family divisions and was an associate attorney at Bornn Bornn Handy and Rashid. He has been a member of the Virgin Islands Bar since 1991.[1][2]
Virgin Islands legislature
As a member of the Virgin Islands legislature, Roach championed legislation that would make attending the University of the Virgin Islands tuition-free for undergraduate students. The legislation was ultimately approved by the legislature in December 2018.[3]
Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands
May 1–5, 2019: Attended United Nations Caribbean Regional Seminar in Grenada.
June 23–28, 2019: Attended National Association of Insurance Commissioners (N.A.I.C.) Executive Committee Interim Meeting, and Mid-Year Commissioners Roundtable Session in Rockport, Maine.[5]
September 9–15, 2019: Attended Guam Commission on Decolonization conference in Guam.
December 5–10, 2019: Attended the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Fall National Meeting in Austin, Texas.
Personal life
Roach is also an author and poet whose work has been included in several collections of contemporary Caribbean poetry. He was awarded the Margaret Walker Fiction Prize by the Detroit Writers Guild in 1999 and the St. Thomas & St. John Library Association's Distinguished Caribbean Author Award in 2009.[6] On April 27, 2022, Roach tested positive for Covid-19 after being notified about an staff member in his office with a positive case.[7]
References
^"Tregenza Roach". The Virgin Islands Daily News. St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. October 16, 2016. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
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