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ABOUT ME

I began my career as a journalist in 2014 after creating a WordPress blog while studying for my B.A. in Communications. A year later, one of my stories was picked up by a national newspaper in Haiti. That publication led to my first reporting job, where I covered a wide range of beats, from national politics to fashion shows.

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In 2019, I was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to pursue a master’s degree in journalism in the United States. It was there that I was introduced to documentary filmmaking. I quickly fell in love with visual storytelling for its ability to capture emotion in a way that feels immediate and deeply human. My favorite moments are when the camera becomes a bridge between me and the person in front of it.

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My early documentary films screened at festivals in the United States, Canada, and South Korea, and received multiple awards, including a Student Mid-America Emmy. This recognition affirmed my belief in the importance of visual storytelling as a tool for connection and understanding. I was also named Best Emerging Filmmaker by the Fayetteville Film Festival. Wanting to further refine my craft, I went on to earn an MFA in Documentary Media from Northwestern University.

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Since 2024, I have worked as an independent documentary filmmaker and video journalist, first with Voice of America, where I covered stories including the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago and the Haitian migrant crisis in Springfield, Ohio. In 2025, I joined The Associated Press, where I broke one of the year’s most significant stories, capturing the first phone call between Pope Leo XIV and his brother, John Prevost, just hours after he was elected the first American pope to lead the Catholic Church.

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In hindsight, I credit my passion for storytelling to my mother, who spent her evenings telling vivid stories of her childhood during the dictatorship in Haiti, stories that taught me early on the power of bearing witness.

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