Rose Mary Desir was born in the Choiseul community to the late Martha and Gerald Desir.  Being raised in a devout Seventh-day Adventist family, she accepted Jesus at an early age and was baptized at the age of ten.  At eleven, she relocated to Castries to facilitate her attendance at the Seventh-day Adventist Academy.  She became an active member of the pathfinder club and has served in all areas of uniformed work.

She immersed herself so deeply in the uniformed ministry of the church that the Government of St. Lucia recognized her sterling contribution and appointed her as St. Lucia’s Youth Ambassador from 1995-1998.  In December 1995, the Commonwealth Secretariat selected her among a number of Caribbean youth to represent the Caribbean at the UN’s World Youth Forum held in Vienna Austria.  Then in 1996, the Government rewarded her commitment to youth development on the island by bestowing upon her  three national awards including the much coveted “Most Outstanding Youth in St. Lucia” award. She is still active in youth ministry and  presently serves as Director of the Orion Masterguide club at the Castries Church.

Rose Mary has accumulated a number of years of professional experience having served as an Income Tax Auditor, General Accountant at the Mabouya Valley Development Project and other private sector establishments both in St. Lucia and in the USA.  She also served as an online professor of Managerial Accounts for Phoenix University.  Her experience in denominational employment includes the position of Business Teacher at her alma mater the St. Lucia SDA Academy, as well as Business Manager at both the St. Lucia SDA Academy, and the St. Croix SDA School.

Her tertiary education was done at Caribbean Union College (now University of the Southern Caribbean) and Andrews University from which she earned an Associate of Science degree(A.Sc) in Business Management, a Bachelor of Science Degree (B.Sc) in Business Education and a Master of Business Administration (MBA).

Rose Mary loves the Lord and is driven by her passion for excellence.  Her motto in life is “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me”.  She is pleased for the opportunity to serve her constituency in this part of the vineyard and sees herself as a vessel in the Masters hands.  She solicits the prayers of all the constituents. Together, there is no limit to what we can achieve.