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Andre Mikerline Laurent
President
Andre Mikerline Laurent is a registered nurse who graduated in 2018 with a bachelor from University of South Florida. She began her career in nursing working on cardiac telemetry and expanded her professional experience to interventional radiology and cardiac cath lab services.
She was born and raised in Haiti. She migrated to the US in 2012 at the age of fifteen. She speaks fluent Creole, French and English. She is married and the mother of a beautiful girl.
Helping others has always been a passion for Mikerline. Some of her past volunteer work includes: raising money and participating in mission trip to Haiti, teaching English to children at a refugee camp in Tampa, volunteering with the youth at her local church.
Mikerline serves as the President of the board for the Haitian Community Center of greater Norwich. In this role, she hopes to work with other passionate people and positively impact the life of Haitians in CT.
Roberthe Antoine Vice President
Roberthe Antoine was born in Haiti, is married, and a mother of three boys, and a grandmother of a boy.She lives in Norwich with her husband and her son.
She likes movies, reading, traveling, walking and she likes to go the beach. She is a member of the “Family Church of God” in Norwich. She came to the USA in 1991, she moved to Norwich, CT in 1998. She is working for the Mashantucket Tribe as the “Health Information Administrator, and has been there for nine years. She used to be a Nurse’s aide for 17 years, and went back to school for Health Information Management
She is the Vice President of the “Haitian Community Center of Greater Norwich”.
Ferna Lewellen
Secretary
Ferna Lewellen is currently serving as Secretary on the board of the Haitian Community Center of greater Norwich. Ferna was born and raised in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. She migrated to the United States in 1993 at the age of fourteen. She lived in New York where she attended High School and began her college studies. Ferna holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration /Management and she is currently pursuing a master’s degree in social work.
Ferna currently resides In Connecticut with her husband and her 3 children. Her career began in retail management, she also spent some time working in developmental disabilities field. While pursuing her career. She volunteers in various ministries at her church. Ferna is currently the president of the women’s ministry and the director of the children’s ministry.
Ferna is very passionate about helping her community. She is a Bilingual Family Support Specialist serving Haitian families through a nonprofit organization.
Ferna is a great asset to the Haitian Community Center of greater Norwich. She hopes to bring her passion and her expertise to assist the Haitian community in obtaining equal access to opportunities and resources.
Jimsly Joseph Treasurer
Jimsly Joseph was born and raised in Haiti. He migrated to the United States of America in March 1998. He lived in Miami , Florida for the first 5 years .Then he moved to New London , Connecticut since 2003 where he married and became a father of three boys.His past time is reading , going to the movies and spending time with his family.
He is a reserved , reliable and confident person. He is an accountant an tax preparer .He used to work at Foxwoods as a cashier and a Poker Dealer. He is currently the treasurer of Haitian Community Center of Greater Norwich(HCC). His primary duty include budget planning, financial reporting, record-keeping, managing incoming and outgoing funds. His goal is to ensure the financial stability and success of the organization.
Junel Dulcice
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Founder at the Underprivileged Haitian Children Foundation ( UHCF), a nonprofit organization, Junel Dulcice is currently serving as an officer on the board of the Haitian community center of greater Norwich.
Junel speaks Haitian-Creole, French, English, and currently teaches French at the New London High School (NLHS). In addition, Junel holds a Bachelor's degree in business administration
Junel a philanthropist and a passionate about education.
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