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As we stand at the threshold of a new year, many of us in the diaspora carry the weight of what broke us in the last one. 2025 has been particularly brutal. Political leaders have belittled us, reducing our stories to lies and our humanity to talking points. Families face deportation after decades of building lives here. Businesses that took years to establish now struggle as customers stay away, afraid to be associated with us. The professional credibility we worked so hard

The weight of a year settles heaviest in December. Not in the festivities or the forced cheer, but in the quiet moments between when the noise dies and we're left alone with the truth of what we've survived. December doesn't ask us to celebrate what happened. It demands we reckon with who we became in the process.

The Grand'Pierre family have achieved remarkable milestones.  Three out of five of their children represented Haiti in swimming at consecutive Summer Olympic Games. Naomy Grand'Pierre made history as Haiti's first female Olympic swimmer at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games. Naomy's groundbreaking participation in the women's 50m freestyle paved the way for her siblings. Her sister, Emilie Grand'Pierre, continued the legacy by competing in the 100m breaststroke in the 2020 Tokyo O

As a fellow Haitian and someone who works with people healing from life's challenges, I love sharing stories of hope. This February, I want to tell you about a couple whose love story shows us what's possible when faith, culture, and purpose come together. My introduction to Reverend Dr. Louis Wilkenson and Dr. Darline Wilkenson took place at a gathering in our community. From the moment I saw them together, it was clear there was something extraordinary in the way they up