She Left New York's Symphony for Her Husband's Happiness in Jamaica

Babes, how did you get here · Jul 3, 2026 · 56m · transcript

A professional violinist boards a plane to Jamaica in 1992.

She's not coming for reggae or beaches.

She's coming to teach at a small college, taste her first mackerel rundown,

and discover whether she could build a life on an island she'd never considered home.

Twenty years later, she's raising seven musical prodigies in Kingston,

navigating Devon House attitude, homeschooling through three continents,

and choosing her husband's happiness over Carnegie Hall.

Dr. Lisa Walker is a classically trained violinist from Chicago

who fell in love with a half Filipino, half Jamaican boyfriend at 21…