Hiram K RampersaudCurrently residing in NY, Ken was born and raised in Guyana. He remains a Leonarian Guyana boy at heart. Ken attended the Georgetown School of Nursing where he graduated as a LPN and was recognized as the "best graduating student" amongst 36 students He started his career in nursing at the Psychiatric Unit of the Georgetown Hospital in Guyana, and received a meritorious award for his work before emigrating to the United States of America in January, 1990 at the age of 25. Ken has a wealth of experience in mental health and addiction; he has spent 29 years working in Harlem, NY serving the under resourced, the underserved, the underprivileged, the addicted and the mentally challenged. His professional and humanitarian traits have earned him over 25 nursing awards during his practice.Ken is also a radio talk show host on Island Zone Radio, his shows "The Ken Rampersaud Show" airs every Sunday evening from 5:00pm to 7:00 pm and "From our hearts with Radhika and Ken" airs every Monday night 8:00-10:00 pm. Ken is the director and producer of these two shows which focus on bringing awareness and solutions to the issues that are affecting our community and our people both in the USA and in Guyana. Ken is very passionate on the subjects of suicide prevention and domestic violence among other issues such as alcoholism, mental health, health and self care in general. With the increasing rise in the numbers of deaths of our young people due to suicide and domestic abuse, it has become a very disturbing issue and Ken has expanded his work and extended his hand in order to help the entire community. In addition to the radio, he is currently being sought out to give " pep talks" and orientation to the youths at schools, mandirs and community gatherings to let them know there are other solutions and he and his team is there to listen and to help. Ken lives in Queens Village, NY with his wife Geeta and their sons . You can follow and communicate with him on FB and of course on his radio show. Read More Read Less