Dr. Heather-Dawn Lawson-Myers grew up in Jamaica but received her training from Howard University College of Dentistry in Washington D.C. She is an active member of the Jamaica Dental Association. She has served her professional association holding numerous positions including three terms as President and three as Vice President. Dr Lawson-Myers has served as Chairperson of the organization’s 38th, 45th, 57th and 58th International Annual Conventions. She holds the distinction of being the first and only female Chairperson of the Dental Council of Jamaica.Prior to that, she served the council for six years and has held various positions, including Chairperson of the Dental Board of Examination Committee and Chief Dental Examiner. She is a firm believer in legacy building so her current focus is supporting and mentoring dental assistants.  She has a podcast called THE IRREPLACEABLE DENTAL ASSISTANT which supports her online training course for dental assistants called Dental Assisting Made Easy - D.A.M.E.