As a fresh face in the land­scape of T&T’s protests, Alyssa Phillip, 25, has quick­ly be­come the vi­brant new sym­bol of ad­vo­ca­cy and jus­tice.

Hav­ing spent a night be­hind bars re­cent­ly for her role in lead­ing a protest out­side the Di­rec­tor of Pub­lic Pros­e­cu­tions’ of­fice, Port-of-Spain, to high­light the fa­tal shoot­ing of Joshua Sama­roo and the se­ri­ous wound­ing of his girl­friend, Ka­ia Sealy, on Jan­u­ary 20, 2026, Phillip now stands as a vi­brant young leader, one who isn’t afraid to stand up and speak out.

Move­ment for So­cial Jus­tice leader David Ab­du­lah, who stood in sol­i­dar­i­ty with Phillip dur­ing her protests, said he had full ad­mi­ra­tion for her.