Dame Sandra Prunella Mason, GCMG, D.A., Q.C. was born on the 17th day of January, 1949 in East Point, St. Philip, Barbados. On leaving St. Catherines Primary School at age nine, she attended Queens College, where she successfully obtained seven GCE O Level qualifications and A Level qualifications in French and English.
The Honourable Mia Amor Mottley, Q.C., M.P., became Barbados' eighth and first female Prime Minister on May 25, 2018.
Ms. Mottley was elected to the Parliament of Barbados in September 1994 as part of the new Barbados Labour Party Government.
Ms. Mottley is an Attorney-at-law with a degree from the London School of Economics, specializing in advocacy. She is also a Barrister of the Bar of England and Wales.