Y’all may recognize Marie, who is Haitian-American, from her stints as a performer with Ransom Royal’s Cream & Starch, and from our video SKINEMAX I: Women of The Future. After I heard about the earthquake, I realized I knew very little about Haiti, and what little I did know… well, I knew from talking to Marie. I asked her to share her perspective online as a way of raising more social and cultural awareness about the country in the aftermath of the disaster.