Marleine bastion biography sample
Marleine Bastien is a member of the Miami-Dade County Commission in Florida, representing District 2.
For over 40 years, Bastien has established a global reputation of tireless advocacy for equity, economic empowerment, comprehensive immigration reform, and.!
Marleine Bastien
Marleine Bastien was born in the small village of Pont-Benoit in Haiti.
Her parents were both farmers and her father Philippe Bastien, a trained nurse, was the villages only health practitioner, and he built the first school there.
Marleine started her volunteerism at the school when she was 8 years old, ultimately teaching adults and children in the school hqw to read and write.
As a teenager, she volunteered at the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Deschapelles, feeding hundreds of malnourished babies left there by their parents.
This book is divided into four chapters, which focus on immigration, history, culture, and ecology.Two days after her arrival in Florida, Marleine volunteered at the Haitian Refugee Center. She was subsequently trained and worked as a paralegal for five years. She provided assistance to thousands of refugees at the Krome Detention Center.
She fought side by side with father Gerard Jean-Juste on the streets, in the courts, and in Washington, D.C. to get work permits and freedom for thousands.
After obtaining her Master’s Degree in Social