Leemoy Weaver is an MPhil/PhD candidate in Sociology specializing in development. Her core area of study is on child maltreatment and social development. Miss Weaver a lecturer in research methods at the undergraduate level at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus, Faculty of Social Sciences; Faculty of Medical Sciences – UWI School of Nursing; and the Institute of Gender and Development Studies. She has experience in facilitating mixed methods research workshops for graduate students locally and internationally. She is the current treasurer and incoming president of the Mixed Methods International Research Association-Caribbean Chapter (MMIRA-CC). She is also on the editorial team for the Caribbean Journal of Mixed Methods Research (CJMMR). She has been part of the team involved in the initial development of mixed methods research in the Caribbean region.