David Salmon, a former student of Wolmer's Boys’ School in Kingston, has achieved his long-standing dream of becoming a Rhodes Scholar.
David's dream of becoming a Rhodes Scholar began when he was 15 years old in 2015 after he listened to and interacted with Jamaica's recipient of the award for that year, Dr. Tariq Parker. As Parker spoke, David looked up to him and decided that he, too, would aspire to become a Rhodes Scholar.
David earned his undergraduate degree in Public Policy and Management, with a minor in International Relations, from the University of the West Indies (UWI). He is currently pursuing a Master of Philosophy in Development Studies at the University of Cambridge in the UK, after being awarded the His Royal Highness Prince of Wales Scholarship. He will be studying for a Doctor of Philosophy in International Development at Oxford University in the UK.
David's impressive accomplishments extend far beyond his academic pursuits. He is the founder of the New Jamaica Foundation, an organization dedicated to promoting youth development. In 2021, he received the Governor-General's Achievement Award for the parish of St. Andrew for Academic Performance and Community Involvement, In 2019, the Prime Minister's National Youth Award for Nation Building, and the Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ) Morris Cargill Award for Opinion Journalism. In addition, Salmon represented the University of the West Indies as a debater and was the 2022 Valedictorian for the Faculty of Social Sciences.
David hopes that his journey will inspire others to dream big and put in the hard work required to make those dreams come true.
