My work has always been about stewardship. Of resources, of people, of what is entrusted and what has to grow.

I spent over two decades in retail finance, managing multi-billion-dollar portfolios across thousands of locations. On paper, it was scale, precision, performance. But underneath it, I was learning something deeper: how systems either sustain life or slowly drain it. How what we measure, fund, and prioritize shapes what survives.

That understanding now carries into the work I’m building through The Carmelle Collective Inc, and into the way I show up at Grown in Haiti.

As a first-generation American of Haitian descent, this work is not distant to me. It is personal. A continuation of legacy, of responsibility, of connection to land and people.

When I encountered this organization, I saw alignment. A model rooted in restoration. A commitment to knowledge and stewardship that already exists, and that deserves the infrastructure to last.

My role on this board is to help ensure that what is being built here can endure. That the financial structures are sound. That growth does not compromise integrity. That the resources flowing into this work are handled in a way that honors both the mission and the communities at its center.

Regeneration requires more than vision. It requires structure that can hold that vision over time. That is what I am here to help build.