For 19-year-old Shantoya Smikle, the journey to law school is rooted in the sacrifice of her father, Mark Smikle, a seasonal farm worker in Canada, whose years of labour have helped to cultivate her dream career. Now a first-year law student at The University of the West Indies, Shantoya remains keenly aware that her place in the classroom is as a result of the long months her father spent working in extreme temperatures to provide for his family.