Juleus Ghunta is a Chevening Scholar, poet, children’s writer, and a member of Jamaica’s National Task Force on Character Education. His work explores the links between toxic stress and academic underachievement. His poems and essays on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) have appeared in over 30 journals across 16 countries. Ghunta won the Catherine James Poetry Prize in 2017 and was shortlisted for the Wasafiri Poetry Prize in 2022 and the Small Axe Poetry Prize in 2015 and 2016. His picture book, Tata and the Big Bad Bull was published by CaribbeanReads in 2018, and he is the co-editor of the December 2019 and March 2020 issues of Interviewing the Caribbean (UWI Press), focused on children’s literature and ACEs. Ghunta’s book on ACEs, Rohan Bullkin and the Shadows was published by CaribbeanReads in 2021. His Notebook of Words and Ideas, which features prominently in Rohan, was published by Dreamright in 2022. Ghunta’s work has been featured on several notable platforms, including BBC, Hidden Brain Media, and Miami Book Fair (online).