Felicia Persaud
Felicia J. Persaud is an award-winning, Guyana-born, U.S.-based Caribbean immigrant and trailblazing multi-media journalist, news editor, immigration columnist, advocate, and entrepreneur. As the dynamic CEO of ICN Group, she leads a portfolio of influential brands – CaribPR Wire, Invest Caribbean, Hard Beat Communications and News Americas Now – platforms positioned at the nexus of media and finance for the Caribbean and its global Diaspora.
A fearless voice for Caribbean immigrants, Felicia pens a widely read weekly immigration column for the historic New York Amsterdam News and serves as editor of Caribbean Today, a leading publication serving the Caribbean-American community in South Florida.
She is also the visionary founder of CARIB ID, the groundbreaking movement launched in 2008 that successfully lobbied for the inclusion of a Caribbean ancestry identifier on U.S. Census forms – a historic milestone achieved in 2020 after 12 years of unwavering advocacy. Felicia remains a bold and tireless advocate for visibility, investment, and equitable representation of Caribbean and Black immigrant communities across the U.S. and around the world.
Her expertise on the Caribbean has led to esteemed recognition through interviews on major media platforms such as AP, CNN, BBC, and The New York Times, alongside a listing in the US State Department Speakers Database as an expert on the Caribbean.
Felicia J. Persaud is an award-winning, Guyana-born, U.S.-based Caribbean immigrant and trailblazing multi-media journalist, news editor, immigration columnist, advocate, and entrepreneur. As the dynamic CEO of ICN Group, she leads a portfolio of influential brands – CaribPR Wire, Invest Caribbean, Hard Beat Communications and News Americas Now – platforms positioned at the nexus of media and finance for the Caribbean and its global Diaspora.
A fearless voice for Caribbean immigrants, Felicia pens a widely read weekly immigration column for the historic New York Amsterdam News and serves as editor of Caribbean Today, a leading publication serving the Caribbean-American community in South Florida.
She is also the visionary founder of CARIB ID, the groundbreaking movement launched in 2008 that successfully lobbied for the inclusion of a Caribbean ancestry identifier on U.S. Census forms – a historic milestone achieved in 2020 after 12 years of unwavering advocacy. Felicia remains a bold and tireless advocate for visibility, investment, and equitable representation of Caribbean and Black immigrant communities across the U.S. and around the world.
Her expertise on the Caribbean has led to esteemed recognition through interviews on major media platforms such as AP, CNN, BBC, and The New York Times, alongside a listing in the US State Department Speakers Database as an expert on the Caribbean.