A native of the Caribbean country of Trinidad and Tobago, Mark joined Alabama A&M in July 2021 and brings six years of sports reporting experience covering the NAIA, NCAA, NBA and junior college levels following 13 years as a track sprinter.
 
COAHOMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (2020-21, SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR)
During her time with the Tigers, Mark served as the Sports Information Director and was solely responsible for reporting and writing on the college's seven teams, including cheerleading, football, outdoor track and field, men’s and women’s basketball, baseball and softball.
 
This included orchestrating live stream broadcasts of games and creating highlight videos that showcased Tigers Athletics. She was also responsible for inputting each program’s statistics as well as generating graphics on all social media platforms.
 
Mark also produced extensive coverage on the women’s basketball team which won the Mississippi Association of Community College Conference (MACCC) North division  and were runners-up at the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region 23 Tournament.
 
THE NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER, MEMPHIS, TENN. (2019-20, SPORTS AND NEWS REPORTER)
In her role with the New Tri-State Defender, she would pick up her first extensive experience covering college basketball as the beat writer for NCAA Division II and Historically Black College and University (HBCU) member LeMoyne-Owen College. In addition to providing high level coverage of LOC she earned a promotion covering the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) Memphis Grizzlies who had just acquired future star Ja Morant.
 
In this position Mark wrote feature stories detailing Grizzlies’ games against the Houston Rockets, Golden State Warriors and the Brooklyn Nets among others. She also conducted research and reported on the extensive coverage of the death of George Floyd and historic protests that took place in downtown Memphis.
 
WHBQ FOX 13 (2019-20, PRODUCTION ASSISTANT)
With a background in television production, she began her professional career at Memphis news powerhouse Fox 13. While there she worked with the production crew assisting both news and sports segments and was in charge of working with the production manager to create and run graphics for live shows. Additionally, she controlled and worked the cameras during live and breaking news.
 
PAN AMERICAN GAMES LIMA, PERU (JULY 2019, REPORTER)
As a result of Mark’s track and field background and journalism degree, Trinidad Express newspaper presented her the opportunity for her to report on the country’s athletes' performances at the Pan American Games. She conducted interviews following the athlete’s performance and wrote releases to keep the country informed and up to date with the team’s performances.
 
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI TELEVISION, MIAMI Fla. (2017-2018 ANCHOR)
As a graduate student at the University of Miami, she earned a position as an anchor and reporter for the college’s television station covering Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) action. Her duties included creating sports and news packages and interviewing athletes, a role that allowed her to hone her craft and gain valuable experiences.
 
COLLEGIATE TRACK CAREER (2014-2019)
Mark was offered a track and field scholarship from Wiley College left her home country in 2013 to pursue that opportunity. There, Mark gained All - American honors by competing in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Nationals from 2013-17. In that time, she competed in the 100 – and 200 m and was the lead hand off for the 4x100 m all four years at the national level.
 
She was also the 2016 Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC) women’s 100 – and 200 m champion. She then transferred to the University of Miami, earning a spot in the masters of arts journalism program and a walk on position with the Hurricanes track and field program.
 
EDUCATION
Mark holds a Bachelors of Arts degree in Mass Communications from Wiley College earned in 2017 as well as a Masters of Arts degree in Journalism from University of Miami awarded in 2019.
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