Aria is currently a climate and disaster resilience consultant with the World Bank and CDEMA and a lecturer in Green Engineering at the SVG Community College – Division of Arts, Sciences, and General Studies. In various capacities. Aria has worked and researched in the fields of climate and disaster risk financing, disaster preparedness and response, and environmental management for over five (5) years, with an MSc in Environmental Change and Management from the University of Oxford and a BSc with Majors in Environmental Natural Resource Management and Geography (first-class honors) from the University of the West Indies, St Augustine.

Mrs. Laidlow-Ferdinand has also been involved in various regional youth-led initiatives such as holding the position of past Director of Programme Development for the Commonwealth Youth Council, member of the 2020 cohort of the US Embassy’s Women in Politics and Leadership, and currently sits as Vice Chair for women and minorities for the Caribbean Young Democrat Union.