Surbrena Forbes-Pedican

Surbrena is unique as evidenced by the spelling of her name. She was born in the Bahamas to a father who is a Forbes from Middle Caicos and a mother from The Bight, Turks and Caicos Islands. She grew up in Miami where she graduated from high school with Honors. She started as a legal secretary at the Child Support Department of the State Attorney’s Office and was subsequently promoted to Division Chief secretary in circuit court. She then completed a nursing degree and worked as a registered nurse on the cardiac floor at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach.

Being an “island girl” to the core, Surbrena moved back to the Bahamas where she met and married her soul mate, an excellent building contractor, who sparked a