Vincentian appointed to KCC Foundation Board
By Nelson A. King
Brooklyn’s Kingsborough
Community College (KCC), City
University of New York (CUNY),
has appointed Vincentian Dr.
Kinta Alexander to the KCC
Foundation Board.
A KCC alumnus, the college
said Union Island, St. Vincent
and the Grenadines-born and
raised, Dr. Alexander is the
director of Infection Prevention
and Control at New York
City Health and Hospitals/Harlem,
having previously worked
in infection control at Mount
Sinai Health System in New
York City.
In addition, she is an adjunct
lecturer in biology at KCC.
“We’re excited about the
breadth of knowledge and experience
Dr. Alexander brings to
the college,” said KCC Foundation
Board Chair Suzanne M.
Murphy in a statement.
“As an alumnus, she is
uniquely positioned to advocate
on behalf of students,” Murphy
added.
Dr. Alexander told Caribbean
Life, in an exclusive interview
Tuesday night, that it was “an
honor” to be selected to the
KCC Foundation Board and
that she was “excited to pay it
forward.”
“There is a spirit of resilience
and a discipline for excellence
I took with me from KCC
throughout my life and career,”
she said. “With many new issues
facing higher education institutions,
it is of paramount importance
that my presence, knowledge
and experience contribute
to the direction of KCC.
“The infrastructure of today’s
colleges and universities was
never more important than it is
today for students,” she added.
“As a proud alumna of the Union
Island Secondary School (UISS)
— where our motto is ‘not only
for school but also for life’ —
it is a testament of the vision,
mission and goals necessary for
the success of its students, community
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and a nation. And, for
that, I am forever grateful.”
In addition to the duties of
basic planning and oversight,
Dr. Alexander she looks forward
to “building relationships
and strategically address such
issues as tuition affordability,
job placement for graduates,
quality of education, and competition
with other institutions
and online learning programs.
“There is a season for everything,”
she said. “I embrace
this opportunity, as I continue
the legacy that was set before
me, with all intentions to pass
on the baton to future students
within the Diaspora.”
On graduating from UISS,
Dr. Alexander said she left the
southern Grenadine island for
the United States to pursue
her post-secondary educational
endeavors.
She said her first stop in this
pursuit was at KCC, where she
earned an Associate of Science
degree in biological sciences,
followed with a Bachelor of Arts
in biology/chemistry at Hunter
College, CUNY.
Alexander said she then
received a Master of Public
Health in community education
from East Stroudsburg University,
PA and a Master in Medical
Microbiology from Long Island
University, while attending New
York Medical College.
At NY Medical College, Alexander
earned a Doctorate of
Public Health in health policy
and management.
Dr. Alexander was featured
in the New York Times for the
developing and implementing a
protocol to prevent and control
the transmission of Candida
auris (C. auris) at Mount Sinai
Brooklyn.
According to the Atlantabased
US Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC),
C. auris is an emerging fungus
that presents “a serious global
health threat.”
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