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Tonia Williams

Election Year: 2022

Election Constituency: Jamaica and Commonwealth Caribbean

Scholar Status: Scholar in Residence

Rhodes Identifier: Jamaica & St John's 2022

Tonia Williams

Biography

Born and raised in Jamaica, Tonia Williams is dedicated to bettering the lives of children. After leaving Jamaica, Tonia completed her final two years of high school at the United World College in Bosnia and Herzegovina, before beginning her undergraduate studies at Vassar College in the US. Tonia graduated from Vassar with a double major in Psychological Science, where she graduated with honors, and in French and Francophone studies, but completed expansive coursework Computer Science and Education. Currently, Tonia is completing an M.Ed. in Human Development in Education at Harvard and spearheading developmental psychology research there. At Oxford, she hopes to complete a DPhil in Experimental Psychology with a focus on Developmental Psychology.