Claudette Alexander was born in St. Lucia and has been living in Toronto for the past 40 years. Retired, her past experiences involve work in accounting and union activists. She has been battling chronic kidney failure for 10 years and currently volunteers leading workshops on living healthy with chronic health conditions. Her memoir "SUNRISE FROM AN ICY HEART" is about her transformational journey into womanhood, her search for a special kind of love, the tears and joys of motherhood.