Sarita Rampersad

Attention to specifics and a “make-it-work” attitude describe me best.

I am in my element working on-site, and have spent equal amounts of time balancing on a 2×4 board in a 50ft. silo shooting a welder, perched on an 85ft. man lift photographing urea reactors, and hanging out of a helicopter capturing Coast Guard training exercises.

I have an inexplicable attachment to coveralls, and

- remember wanting to work at a gas station at the age of thirteen just because I wanted to wear the uniform

- jumped off the cliffs at Rick’s Cafe in Jamaica and ended up in Mobay Hope Medical Centre

- think chunky peanut butter and guava jelly might just be the perfect food combination

- sometimes forget that I also practised law

- love gadgets. The weirder and cooler it is, the better. My favourite stores are Brookstone, Sharper Image and Hammacher Schlemmer, and my ability to 'MacGyver' on jobs reflects this

- credit my love for photography and gadgets to my mother, who always had a camera or camcorder in hand, and a multitool whatnot in her purse.