"The only way forward, if we are going to improve the quality of the environment, is to get everybody involved."
-Richard Rogers
Image captured by Roger William Theise, Award Winning Portraitist
My experiences living in urban cities have been the driving forces influencing my interests in environmental matters. Born in the highly urban and dense city of Carrefour, Haiti, my family and I migrated to the United States, where I continued to live in an urban setting in the city of New York. I believe the lack of natural surroundings throughout my childhood and young adulthood instilled in me an appreciation of nature and wildlife. Graduating at the top of my high school class, I was fortunate enough to have obtained a scholarship that has since allowed me to pursue my studies at institutions that I would otherwise not be able to fund.
My research focuses on three areas:
1. Building community resilience in developing countries through community-based natural resource management.
2. Understanding the potential of community-based agroforestry to meet planetary health needs.
3. Understanding the adoption and diffusion of agroforestry in rural Haitian communities.
With an integrated approach that spans across disciplines, the various questions I hope to answer will delve into aspects of community health, climate change resilience, and agroforestry program development.
My research focuses on three areas:
1. Building community resilience in developing countries through community-based natural resource management.
2. Understanding the potential of community-based agroforestry to meet planetary health needs.
3. Understanding the adoption and diffusion of agroforestry in rural Haitian communities.
With an integrated approach that spans across disciplines, the various questions I hope to answer will delve into aspects of community health, climate change resilience, and agroforestry program development.
