I was born in Haiti, in a small community where stories of revolution, resilience, and the power of the human spirit were passed down from one generation to the next. I was raised in a Christian household and taught that salvation could be found only through God. For many years, I believed that love, unity, and purpose were inseparable from the faith I had inherited—a faith introduced to my ancestors through colonial systems.

Like many people in the diaspora, I carried beliefs handed down through a history that had denied the humanity of my ancestors. As I grew older, I began to question what I had been taught and search for a deeper understanding of who I was and where I came from. That search became a journey of unlearning: examining the colonial ideas that had contributed to the erasure of our languages, cultures, histories, and sense of worth.

My first book, Alike Regardless: This Is Where It Began, published in 2021, marked the beginning of that journey. It invited readers to look beyond race, religion, and social divisions and recognize our shared humanity. The book encouraged self-reflection and love as pathways toward healing the wounds that keep us separated.

As I continued questioning the world around me, I realized that liberation reaches far beyond the differences we see on the surface. It requires us to reclaim what colonial systems attempted to take from us: our minds, our languages, our histories, and our authority to define ourselves.