Beverly smith lopez biography

The late Beverly Smith-Lopez is remembered here at Belizean Legends as a true social activist of Belize's political past.
Beverley Smith Lopez was a mother, a wife, a friend, a cultural revolutionary, a patriot and a highly respected Caribbean educator and dramatist – not only in.
Beverly Smith Lopez diversified Belize's artistic scope by becoming the “First lady of Comedy”, the first National Drama Coordinator.

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Since Tuesday, April 8, the Office of the Special Envoy for Women and Children has featured a special lady on its Facebook page each week. The initiative is being called "Trailblazer Tuesday" and according to the Special Envoy it is an extension of the Women's Empowerment Campaign started by the office with the 20,000 Strong Rally on March 6.

The Facebook page is Special Envoy Belize and three women have been featured since the launch of Trailblazer Tuesdays. Those women are Mrs. Marie Sharp, Mrs. Sandra Bedran and Mrs. Rossana Brice�o. They are featured on the page along with their photo and information about the accomplishments that make them worthy of recognition as trailblazers. A new trailblazer will be featured every Tuesday and the general public is encouraged to nominate female trailblazers from their community. Nominations can be made by emailing the Office of the Special Envoy at specialenvoybelize@gmail.com or messaging the Facebook page at Special Envoy Belize. A trailblazer according to the Office of the Special Envoy is a woma

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Oct 9, 2002

Beverly Smith-Lopez: Dead at 45

She was an actress, dramatist, comedienne, educator, administrator and a dozen other things to do with the arts…but above all, Beverly Smith-Lopez was a uniquely Belizean personality. Tonight she is dead. Smith died of heart complications just before noon today at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, where she had been admitted since the weekend. Last year Smith underwent open-heart surgery in Canada, and her health appeared to rebound. But during the summer her condition deteriorated and on two occasions she had to seek emergency medical attention. With the formal title of Director of Culture since 1994, Miss Bev was herself a cultural icon, very much in the same category as predecessors George McKesey, Gladys Stuart and Edison Coleman. During the 1970s she became involved with the Square Peg Drama Group. Upon completion of studies at Santa Clara University in California, she took a post at the Arts Council as Drama Coordinator, before moving up to the directorship. Bev worked closely with us at Channel 5 from our earliest broad