Dexter Wharton was born in Georgetown, Guyana and spent the early years of his life exploring his environment with the enthusiasm of a child that knew no borders. He migrated to Jamaica in the early 1980s where he continued his formal education into adulthood.

He moved to Barbados in his twenties and has travelled the Caribbean extensively.

Dexter Wharton is an educator, a former media practitioner, a linguist, a student of philosophy and a theologian.

He is an avid reader; loves to discuss and debate current issues; and is a proud father and husband.

He lives by the mantra “diligence, discipline, dedication”.