Faith B. Yisrael
Tobagonian politician (born 1978 or 1979)
Faith Brebnor Yisrael (born 1978 or 1979) is a Tobagonian public health official and politician who has served in the Tobago House of Assembly since 2017. Initially an appointed member of the body, she was elected in January 2021 as a member of the Progressive Democratic Patriots, though she left the party in December 2022 following disagreements with leader Watson Duke.
Since 2022, Yisrael has served as deputy chief secretary and secretary of health.
Early life and education
Faith Brebnor was born in 1978 or 1979 at the general hospital in Scarborough on the island of Tobago. Her mother Lydmoy Brebnor-Dillon was a pre-school teacher, while her step-father Mural Dillon was a bishop in the local Baptist community. She was raised amongst her mother's extended family in the small fishing village of Belle Garden. After attending local schools and graduating from the Roxborough Composite School, Brebnor received a government scholarship to attend the University of Pittsburgh in the United States, where she studied neuroscience. Though she initially intended to pursue a medical track, she decided against it after observing surgeries, and instead pursued studies in public health. After receiving her bachelor's degree in neuroscience, Brebnor remained at the University of Pittsburgh, where she received a master's of public health degree in 2004, and a doctor of public health degree in behavioral and community health sciences in 2007.
Sometime around this period, she married a man named Ben Yisrael; though they would later divorce, she retained his surname.
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