She lived her early years in the Caribbean and grew up speaking a mixture of English and French patois.
When she was ten years old she moved to the United States,[1] arriving in Virginia.
She attended Pennsylvania State University and began writing poetry.
Sassy Ross's poems focus on a nostalgia for the past, the geography, and the languages and voices she left behind in the Caribbean.
Her poems recall the landscapes of St. Lucia, and explore the central themes of home in relation to her departure, and return, also examining her relationships with her parents, displacement, language, conflict, and trauma, both from the perils of the island and her past.