Aleem Mahabir is currently an intern under the Young Professionals Programme of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), Bridgetown, Barbados, and a PhD candidate at the Department of Geography and Geology at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. His research interests lie at the intersection of Urban Geography, Sustainability and Psychology. His dissertation focuses on the link among psychosocial dispositions, exclusion and underdevelopment among marginalized populations in Caribbean cities. Apart from his work and research, he is involved in social initiatives and community outreach programs in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Kingston, Jamaica.