II EAAV 2020 - Workshops and Talks Guests
Cléo
CONTENT CREATOR & YOUTUBER
Cléo is a vegetarian born and raised in Haiti, who now lives in the U.S. To her, cooking is a canvas on which she can unleash colours, flavours, shapes and textures, that satisfy her curiosity and creativity. Cooking also allows her to explore different cultures by creating delicious dishes both from the Haitian cuisine and that of other continents.
Elizabeth Delouis
FOUNDER OF CROWNED INTERNATIONAL
In 2019, Elizabeth had a vision to help lead women to develop a greater sense of purpose and advance the kingdom of God, thus establishing Crowned International. Her passion is to help women of color heal, be restored and have renewed hope by forming a safe space for women to learn how to live a life of purpose. Elizabeth believes in the importance of women empowerment, breaking negative cycles and forming a community of sisterhood.
Gina Paige
CO-FOUNDER OF AFRICAN ANCESTRY, INC.
Gina Paige’s magic lies at the intersection of culture, science, and business. Her passion for helping individuals connect to their cultural identity, and her role as a bold, risk-taking pioneer have secured her a place in history. With a career that spans nearly thirty years, she has become the go-to expert on DNA-based ancestry tracing for people of African descent.
Jimena Smith
FITNESS COACH
Jimena Smith began her professional career with a Master in Communication and Marketing from the University of Barcelona. In 2014 she graduated as a Fitness Coach and expanded her professional journey to focus on promoting health and share tools to help people live a healthy lifestyle. She specializes in Functional Training, Training with kettlebells & Animal Flow workout and promotes a plant based diet.
Through her website, www.jimesmith.com, she shares her lifestyle and a wide variety of recipes to facilitate healthier eating options for the public. On her social networks, she also shares motivational, comprehensive wellness tools, and training.
Melissa Jeanty
GRAPHIC & WEB DESIGNER
Mélissa is a young creative from Haiti who started her journey in design and photography through the unconventional path of simply falling in love with creative tools, like her very first camera. She has developed an insatiable thirst to grow her knowledge in that sphere and it permeates all of her artistic work.
Nathalie Jean-Baptiste
ACRYLIC PAINTER
Nathalie Jean-Baptiste is a Haitian acrylic painter known for her contemporary art. Her expertise is also in art preservation, consultation and framing services.
Over the years, she has fostered art education by working in marginalized communities that have small to no exposure to art. As an art specialist, she has worked with the Child Center of New York, using art as a learning tool to stimulate critical thinking, problem-solving skills, communication, and self-esteem in children ranging from Kindergarten to 5th grade.
Nicky Minuit
With a Bachelor's Degree in Communications from Kean University, Nicky has had the opportunity to co-host at several radio and television broadcast stations.
With her diverse background in the media field, she took a leap of faith and started 𝘚𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 to help the skeptics, small business owners, and busy bees to create and plan strategies that merge their passion and purpose to grow their business.
Samuel Amhara
HISTORIAN
Samuel was born and raised in San José in a family from Limón. From a young age, he has been fascinated by the importance of the Afro identity and the strength of the community, although as he grew up he had to realize many things for himself.
He is a Business Administrator who is passionate about history. He also likes geopolitics and economics. He has a particular interest in Afrodescendent Meritology, which is why he decided to found the project AFROPOSITIVISMO, in order to demonstrate the achievements, merits, and recognition of Afro individuals in different areas.
Sophia Dubuisson
MULTIMEDIA ARTIST
Phia is a multimedia artist majoring in Psychology currently based in Boston. Her passion for art started at a very young age. She took her first art classes at Le Centre d'Art in Haiti. Ever since, she has been trying out different art styles and mediums. She has worked with acrylic and oil paint, as well as colored pencils, pastels, and resin. She recently discovered her love for resin and started making sets of dominos from scratch.