Tonika Sealy-Thompson

Tonika Sealy-Thompson is a diplomat, academic, social justice and education activist from Barbados. She was appointed ambassador to Brazil in 2019, and also now serves concurrently as Barbados’ Ambassador to Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay. Her research explores the links between the women in politics and performing arts across three locations: Barbados, the Bay Area and Brazil. In order to take up the appointment as Ambassador, Sealy-Thompson put her research on hold and was awarded an Masters in Performance Studiea in 2018. During her time at UC Berkeley she actively participated in multiple forms of anti oppression activism and hosted anti-racism workshops in addition to her research. For this work she won the Michael Mansfield and Randy Sweringen Social Justice Award for ‘Artistic Excellence in Creating a More Equitable and Inclusive World’