Born in 1965 in a farming district in Clarendon, Dr Curtis Sweeney’s story is one of resilience, purpose and the power of refusing to let circumstances define one’s future. He moved to Kingston at the age of four and attended Musgrave Prep before continuing at Harbour View Primary, where he later earned a place at Jamaica College. His academic journey took him across several institutions, culminating in a PhD in Counselling Psychology from Northern Caribbean University, where he graduated as valedictorian.

Long before psychology became his profession, Sweeney began working at GraceKennedy as a teenager in the accounting department immediately after high school. Even then, he was fascinated by human behaviour and deeper questions about life and purpose.

“My passion ha[s] always been psychology,” he explained. “It arose from my curiosity about life, purpose and human behaviour.”