At 22 years old, Dahlia Blake was finally stepping into the life she had worked for. The May Pen, Clarendon native had excelled at school, graduated from the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), and earned multiple academic awards.

Then, after months of struggling to find work, she finally landed a job as a logistics officer at the wharf. But the trajectory of her life changed in August 2023 after she woke up and within hours became paralysed.

“Little did I know that it would be the final day of going to work for a very long time,” the now 27-year-old told THE STAR.