Hans-W. Ackermann
Hans-W. Ackermann is a professor emeritus of microbiology at Laval University in Quebec. He was born in Germany, studied medicine in Berlin, and received a "postdoc" at the Pasteur Institute of Paris. He lives in Canada since 1967. His fields of activity are the study of bacterial viruses in the electron microscope and virus classification. H.-W.A. is the author of over 200 microbiological publications including four books. He visited Haïti over 20 times and taught there during 10 years medical... More
Hans-W. Ackermann is a professor emeritus of microbiology at Laval University in Quebec. He was born in Germany, studied medicine in Berlin, and received a "postdoc" at the Pasteur Institute of Paris. He lives in Canada since 1967. His fields of activity are the study of bacterial viruses in the electron microscope and virus classification. H.-W.A. is the author of over 200 microbiological publications including four books. He visited Haïti over 20 times and taught there during 10 years medical... More
Jeanine Agnant
Jeanine Agnant, author of Mommy, Tell me About Haiti is a former teacher, born and raised in Haiti. She moved to the United States in the 1950s and lived in Chicago and New York, with her husband, who was a cardiologist. She studied cosmetology at C.J. Walker's school in Chicago and moved back to Haiti with her husband. She writes books to share her memories about Haiti, the land and the culture with her granddaughter, Josephine, and to connect generations.
Jeanine Agnant, author of Mommy, Tell me About Haiti is a former teacher, born and raised in Haiti. She moved to the United States in the 1950s and lived in Chicago and New York, with her husband, who was a cardiologist. She studied cosmetology at C.J. Walker's school in Chicago and moved back to Haiti with her husband. She writes books to share her memories about Haiti, the land and the culture with her granddaughter, Josephine, and to connect generations.
Alexandra Barbot
Alexandra Barbot, co-author of Mommy, Tell me About Haiti, is also an illustrator and visual artist. She has a law degree from the State University of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and a certificate in German language from the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, Germany. She studied art with the internationally renowned Haitian Roland Dorcely. Mrs. Barbot has exhibited her work in Haiti, Germany and France, and has worked with many Haitian and American nonprofit organizations in Miami. She teaches art classes to... More
Alexandra Barbot, co-author of Mommy, Tell me About Haiti, is also an illustrator and visual artist. She has a law degree from the State University of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and a certificate in German language from the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, Germany. She studied art with the internationally renowned Haitian Roland Dorcely. Mrs. Barbot has exhibited her work in Haiti, Germany and France, and has worked with many Haitian and American nonprofit organizations in Miami. She teaches art classes to... More
Wilnes Brunat
Brunat, author of “Yes I Can for Kids/Wi Mwen Kapab Pou Timoun”, is a native Haitian who lives in Florida. He graduated from Florida Atlantic University and earned a B.A. in social work. His combined background in social work and education helps him understand children. During the last two decades, Mr. Brunat has facilitated numerous parental workshops through the libraries, churches, and public schools. He has also worked as a Family Service Coordinator in the areas of prevention and intervention.... More
Brunat, author of “Yes I Can for Kids/Wi Mwen Kapab Pou Timoun”, is a native Haitian who lives in Florida. He graduated from Florida Atlantic University and earned a B.A. in social work. His combined background in social work and education helps him understand children. During the last two decades, Mr. Brunat has facilitated numerous parental workshops through the libraries, churches, and public schools. He has also worked as a Family Service Coordinator in the areas of prevention and intervention.... More
Sophia Gédéon
Born in 1991 on the eve of the coup of President Jean Bertrand Aristide, Sophia started writing her first love stories at the age of 9, on the pretext of preparing homework. At 15 she wrote "Tu m'aimeras, je le jure." Other novels by Sophia Gédéon include "Un jour à Paris", "Les trois erreurs de Emilie" and "Sophia et Sophyia"
Born in 1991 on the eve of the coup of President Jean Bertrand Aristide, Sophia started writing her first love stories at the age of 9, on the pretext of preparing homework. At 15 she wrote "Tu m'aimeras, je le jure." Other novels by Sophia Gédéon include "Un jour à Paris", "Les trois erreurs de Emilie" and "Sophia et Sophyia"
Ulrich Jean-Pierre
Revolutionary Freedoms
Revolutionary FreedomsDrawing and painting from an early age, the artist received his training from the Foyer des Arts Plastiques in Haiti before being invited to the U.S. and studying at the University of the Arts at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pa. Mr. Jean-Pierre's fascination with Haitian history forms the basis of his work, which hangs in galleries and museums in the U.S., Haiti, Canada, Europe, and Africa and has been featured in a range of articles and publications. The artist had adopted... More
Rony Joseph
Rony Joseph, author of Pale Kare, a native of Haiti, is currently a Senior Program Coordinator at Miami Dade College (MDC). He began working with MDC after spending nine and a half years at the Florida Department of Education (FLDOE). Mr. Joseph joined the FLDOE in 1993 as a Program Specialist IV. During the next five years, he traveled across the State to ensure that Florida’s 67 school districts and its four Experimental Lab Schools developed and implemented programs and... More
Rony Joseph, author of Pale Kare, a native of Haiti, is currently a Senior Program Coordinator at Miami Dade College (MDC). He began working with MDC after spending nine and a half years at the Florida Department of Education (FLDOE). Mr. Joseph joined the FLDOE in 1993 as a Program Specialist IV. During the next five years, he traveled across the State to ensure that Florida’s 67 school districts and its four Experimental Lab Schools developed and implemented programs and... More
Kiki Latimer
Kiki Latimer is a grandmother and children’s author from Rhode Island. She is the chair person for St Joseph’s Haiti Committee and travels to Haiti.
Latimer graduated from the University of Rhode Island with a B.A. in the Oral Communication of Literature, Psychology, and Philosophy. She is involved in the Rhode Island storytelling community as a coach.
As a writer, poet, and photographer, her focus is often on the fascinating intersection of people, nature, and language. It was with this vision... More
Kiki Latimer is a grandmother and children’s author from Rhode Island. She is the chair person for St Joseph’s Haiti Committee and travels to Haiti.
Latimer graduated from the University of Rhode Island with a B.A. in the Oral Communication of Literature, Psychology, and Philosophy. She is involved in the Rhode Island storytelling community as a coach.
As a writer, poet, and photographer, her focus is often on the fascinating intersection of people, nature, and language. It was with this vision... More
Patti Marxsen
Patti Marxsen, author of Tales from the Heart of Haiti, often focuses on Francophone literature and culture. Her articles, stories and reviews related to Haiti have appeared in The Caribbean Writer, The French Review, Women's Review of Books, and the Journal of Haitian Studies. In 2008, the manuscript of Tales from the Heart of Haiti was short-listed for the Paris Prize for Fiction. She lives in Switzerland with her husband and was recently elected to serve on the Executive Board... More
Patti Marxsen, author of Tales from the Heart of Haiti, often focuses on Francophone literature and culture. Her articles, stories and reviews related to Haiti have appeared in The Caribbean Writer, The French Review, Women's Review of Books, and the Journal of Haitian Studies. In 2008, the manuscript of Tales from the Heart of Haiti was short-listed for the Paris Prize for Fiction. She lives in Switzerland with her husband and was recently elected to serve on the Executive Board... More
Lochard Noel
Une Saison à Jacmel suivi de Villages
Une Saison à Jacmel suivi de VillagesNé à Port-au-Prince, Haiti, le 28 août 1955, Lochard Noel vit aux Etats-Unis depuis 1982, où il partage sa vie entre l\'écriture, les activités intellectuelles, l\'éducation et sa famille. Il a déja publié une dizaine de titres dont Carnet d\'un Dammé, Nous Voici leas Déracinés, Déchirure suivi de Mélodies pour Lili, Oli Olé, Nwèl nan Peyi Soley, l\'Enfer c\'est la mer, Mannoubla, et Natali.
Paula Clermont Pean
Chaque Malice a son Bouqui
Chaque Malice a son Bouqui Comédienne, metteure en scène, conteuse, Paula Clermont Péan est fondatrice et directrice du Centre Culturel Pyepoudre. Elle est l'auteure d'un premier recueil de contes, Le Chant de Miraya (2001). Son écriture se dirige aujourd'hui dans un univers familier, celui de Bouqui et Malice et là, elle profite de ce voyage pour vous emmener vers des paysages lointains qui relient les hommes aux rêves.
Barney Simon
My teaching career has spanned more than forty years. When I taught arithmetic in elementary school and middle school, I noticed that year after year, students had considerable difficulties trying to grasp specific concepts as they were presented. This led me to create "PASS MATH", in order to make it easier for students to understand these concepts by using manipulatives.
I developed these manipulatives in the classroom in order to make real, abstract ideas. My students found the manipulatives fun to... More
My teaching career has spanned more than forty years. When I taught arithmetic in elementary school and middle school, I noticed that year after year, students had considerable difficulties trying to grasp specific concepts as they were presented. This led me to create "PASS MATH", in order to make it easier for students to understand these concepts by using manipulatives.
I developed these manipulatives in the classroom in order to make real, abstract ideas. My students found the manipulatives fun to... More
Marie Ketsia Theodore-Pharel
Born in Haiti, currently lives in Homestead, Florida, with her young daughter and husband. Her most recent publications include Haiti: A Cigarette Burning at Both Ends, published in the acclaimed anthology, Butterfly Ways: Voices from the Haitian Diaspora in the United States, edited by Edwidge Danticat. I'll Fly Away, her first picture book, was published in 1999. Her other picture books include A Fish Called Tanga, 2003; Daughter of the House, 2005; One More Daughter, America, 2006; Keeper of the... More
Born in Haiti, currently lives in Homestead, Florida, with her young daughter and husband. Her most recent publications include Haiti: A Cigarette Burning at Both Ends, published in the acclaimed anthology, Butterfly Ways: Voices from the Haitian Diaspora in the United States, edited by Edwidge Danticat. I'll Fly Away, her first picture book, was published in 1999. Her other picture books include A Fish Called Tanga, 2003; Daughter of the House, 2005; One More Daughter, America, 2006; Keeper of the... More
Rose-Marie Verde
Rose Marie Drago Verde is now a great grandmother. She has always enjoyed working with children and helping people. She worked at Community Hospital in Brooklyn for 13 years. She organized girl scout groups in the district of Amersford and was Deputy Commissioner of Scouts. She worked for three orthopedic doctors in Brooklyn for 15 years. She moved to Florida and went to college to receive her certification for teaching at Montessori School of Learning. She has had a few... More
Rose Marie Drago Verde is now a great grandmother. She has always enjoyed working with children and helping people. She worked at Community Hospital in Brooklyn for 13 years. She organized girl scout groups in the district of Amersford and was Deputy Commissioner of Scouts. She worked for three orthopedic doctors in Brooklyn for 15 years. She moved to Florida and went to college to receive her certification for teaching at Montessori School of Learning. She has had a few... More
Mark J. Ladin
With 29 years of experience as an elementary school principal, Marc Ladin has seen first hand the life-changing benefits of inspiring young readers to discover the joys of reading. He is writing a series of science books for children that conveys lessons about the natural world while teaching creative thinking. He is also the author of a children’s book about seeking adult help to expose and confront bullying. Marc lives in Rhode Island with his wife and two cats. He is the father of five children
With 29 years of experience as an elementary school principal, Marc Ladin has seen first hand the life-changing benefits of inspiring young readers to discover the joys of reading. He is writing a series of science books for children that conveys lessons about the natural world while teaching creative thinking. He is also the author of a children’s book about seeking adult help to expose and confront bullying. Marc lives in Rhode Island with his wife and two cats. He is the father of five children
Frenand Leger
Frenand Leger, a native speaker of Haitian-Creole, has a Bachelor’s Degree in Foreign Language Education from Universite Quisqueya, a Master’s Degree in French Instruction from Indiana University and is currently completing a PhD in French Literature at the University of Toronto. He has collaborated in major research projects on Haitian-Creole and has taught this language as well as French at the college level in Haiti, the United States and the Bahamas for more than seven years.
Frenand Leger, a native speaker of Haitian-Creole, has a Bachelor’s Degree in Foreign Language Education from Universite Quisqueya, a Master’s Degree in French Instruction from Indiana University and is currently completing a PhD in French Literature at the University of Toronto. He has collaborated in major research projects on Haitian-Creole and has taught this language as well as French at the college level in Haiti, the United States and the Bahamas for more than seven years.
Marie Léticée
Marie Léticée, author of Education, Assimilation and Identity: The Literacy Journey of the French Caribbean, is Associate Professor in the Department of Modern Languages & Literatures at the University of Central Florida. She received degrees from the University of Paris and the University of South Florida in Tampa before coming to UCF and has published in journals such as Callaloo.
Marie Léticée, author of Education, Assimilation and Identity: The Literacy Journey of the French Caribbean, is Associate Professor in the Department of Modern Languages & Literatures at the University of Central Florida. She received degrees from the University of Paris and the University of South Florida in Tampa before coming to UCF and has published in journals such as Callaloo.
Guerda Nicolas
Guerda Nicolas joined the University of Miami in August, 2008. She was an associate professor at Boston College in the Department of Counseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology prior to joining the Educational and Psychological Studies (EPS) faculty. She obtained her doctoral degree in clinical psychology from Boston University in 1997. She completed her pre-doctoral training at Columbia University Medical Center and her postdoctoral training the New York State Psychiatric Institute/Columbia University, Department of Child Psychiatry. As a multicultural (Haitian American)... More
Guerda Nicolas joined the University of Miami in August, 2008. She was an associate professor at Boston College in the Department of Counseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology prior to joining the Educational and Psychological Studies (EPS) faculty. She obtained her doctoral degree in clinical psychology from Boston University in 1997. She completed her pre-doctoral training at Columbia University Medical Center and her postdoctoral training the New York State Psychiatric Institute/Columbia University, Department of Child Psychiatry. As a multicultural (Haitian American)... More
Richard J. Oliner
Richard J. Oliner is an educator and entrepreneur.
After serving in the United States Air
Force, he graduated from the College of New
Jersey with a degree in business administration
and accounting. Oliner has more than 20 years
of experience as a speaker and trainer. A licensed
life, health and annuities agent, he has lectured
on trusts and estate planning. As a certified presenter
for the violence prevention group “Rachel’s
Challenge,” he traveled throughout the
U.S. and Canada speaking to students, faculty, parents and community
leaders. He has also taught hundreds... More
Richard J. Oliner is an educator and entrepreneur.
After serving in the United States Air
Force, he graduated from the College of New
Jersey with a degree in business administration
and accounting. Oliner has more than 20 years
of experience as a speaker and trainer. A licensed
life, health and annuities agent, he has lectured
on trusts and estate planning. As a certified presenter
for the violence prevention group “Rachel’s
Challenge,” he traveled throughout the
U.S. and Canada speaking to students, faculty, parents and community
leaders. He has also taught hundreds... More
Marie-Jose Alcide Saint-Lot, PhD
Marie-Jose Alcide Saint-Lot, Haitian-American scholar, has been living in the United States of America since 1968. She holds a PhD in Theatre-Dramatic Theory and Criticism, an MFA in Dramatic Arts, and a BA in Theatre Arts and Oral Communication. She taught Public Speaking and Oral Interpretation at City College of New York, Public Communication at Nova Southeastern University in Florida, in Jamaica, and in the Bahamas. After several years of research and fieldwork on Afro-Haitian Culture in... More
Marie-Jose Alcide Saint-Lot, Haitian-American scholar, has been living in the United States of America since 1968. She holds a PhD in Theatre-Dramatic Theory and Criticism, an MFA in Dramatic Arts, and a BA in Theatre Arts and Oral Communication. She taught Public Speaking and Oral Interpretation at City College of New York, Public Communication at Nova Southeastern University in Florida, in Jamaica, and in the Bahamas. After several years of research and fieldwork on Afro-Haitian Culture in... More
Rosemary Stone
Rosemary Stone was Fashion Editor for the Trinidad Express for 25 years and produced the first Caribbean Fashion Week in 1990. She has been involved with Fashion Week Trinidad and Tobago since its inception in 2008. Rosemary received her fashion training in London and returned to Trinidad and developed the first line of mass-produced dresses in the country. She later made her mark producing the elaborate Carnival costumes designed by Wayne Berkeley. Click here to view the Author\'s website and... More
Rosemary Stone was Fashion Editor for the Trinidad Express for 25 years and produced the first Caribbean Fashion Week in 1990. She has been involved with Fashion Week Trinidad and Tobago since its inception in 2008. Rosemary received her fashion training in London and returned to Trinidad and developed the first line of mass-produced dresses in the country. She later made her mark producing the elaborate Carnival costumes designed by Wayne Berkeley. Click here to view the Author\'s website and... More