Cocoa & Coconut is a community-led media and experiences brand bringing Caribbean women together through stories, culture, events and collaborations.
We celebrate Caribbean women at home and across the diaspora who are building lives on their own terms. That might mean growing a business, exploring a creative calling, developing a career, nurturing relationships or stepping into a new chapter.
Through personal stories, useful conversations and shared experiences, we create opportunities to learn from one another, celebrate our wins and make meaningful connections.
Come for the stories. Find inspiration, possibility and women you can connect with.
To become a leading global platform celebrating the stories, creativity, identity and lived experiences of Caribbean women, Connecting the islands and the diaspora through authentic storytelling that inspires belonging, pride and possibility.
Cocoa & Coconut exists to connect Caribbean women through the stories we live, the conversations we need and the experiences we share.
Through independent storytelling, meaningful events and creative collaborations, we’re building a space where Caribbean women, at home and across the diaspora, can explore their identities, celebrate their cultures, exchange ideas and build connections that extend beyond the page.
Join our growing community. Membership helps sustain independent Caribbean storytelling while giving you access to a
deeper layer of Cocoa & Coconut.
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Become part of a community rooted in culture, creativity and connection.
Founder & Editor
I created Cocoa & Coconut to build the kind of Caribbean publication I longed to see — thoughtful, beautiful, culturally rooted and expansive.
Through journalism, storytelling and community, I want this space to honour Caribbean women and the stories too often overlooked.
Favourite island indulgence I could have forever?
Saltfish and johnny cakes… without question.
Write for Cocoa & Coconut
Journalism. Essays. Business stories. Real lives. Lived experiences.
We’re looking for stories that go beyond the surface.
Cocoa & Coconut publishes thoughtful stories rooted in Caribbean life across the region and throughout the diaspora. We’re interested in reporting, essays, interviews and cultural commentary that help us better understand ourselves and our communities.
We welcome stories about business, work, identity, migration, motherhood, relationships, creativity, culture and everyday Caribbean life.
Above all, we’re looking for stories that are honest, well reported and beautifully told. Stories that inform us, move us, challenge us or help us see the Caribbean in a new way.
Have a story worth telling? We’d love to hear it.
Pitch your story below.