Corinth Irene Morter-Lewis is a

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and

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. She has served as the President of the

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and as President of the Governing Board of International Institute of

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for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Biography

Corinth Irene Morter was born in

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, and received her primary education at Ebenezer School. She began her career as a clerical assistant for the Government of Belize and later studied to be a teacher. She completed university studies at the

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in Canada and graduated in 1980 with a master's degree from

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. She then pursued a doctorate at the

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, where she earned her PhD in Psychology of Education. She began teaching at the Belize Technical High School, which later became the

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, later becoming a department head and Vice-Principal there. She served as the acting President of the

between 2010 and 2011, having previously served as its President from January 2003 to June 2007. In 2008, she began working as the President of the Governing Board of International Institute of UNESCO for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean, having previously served as vice president.

Personal life

Lewis was married to Charles Victor Lewis with two children (Charles Omari Lewis and Idolly Micere Lewis). She has 3 grandchildren (Shay, Conor and Davu). She writes poetry in her spare time and is a member of the Belizean poets society. Several of Lewis' poems and works were reproduced in the

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Selected works

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References

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