Education is one thing they can’t take away from you - Shaleen Surtie-Richards

What you see is what you get; I cannot be pretentious

That’s why giving up teaching was a problem; you used to income monthly and suddenly you freelance and you don’t know where money is going to come from

We came from a background where we cleaned the theatre, we swept the stage. We came into the industry gradually. That’s what where drug abuse comes in sometimes, because often many young people can’t handle the pressure