Featured HELP Alumni

Jean-Faubert Dorancy

Computer Science - Class of 2011

A top high school student, Jean-Faubert remembers being told he couldn’t take exams if his fees were not paid in full.

Stanley Clermont

Electrical Engineering - Class of 2011

After the January 2010 earthquake, Stanley became the sole breadwinner for a dozen people…

Gina Francois

Accounting - Class of 2008

As an accounting major, Gina distinguished herself by earning the highest GPA in HELP history…

Dany Selmé

Economics - Class of 2008

My mother was a poor washerwoman who never went to school. Her income was not enough to feed us every day…

Syndie Pierre-Canel

Chemistry - Class of 2008

My father died when I was eight years old leaving my mother with a family of two boys and three girls…

Isemonde Joseph

Medicine - Class of 2005

I grew up with my grandmother, father, mother, two sisters, and two brothers in our two-room house, with no plumbing and two light bulbs…

Florenal Joseph

Agronomy - Class of 2002

Florenal recently completed a Master’s degree at Brooklyn College and participated in the AFOSR Bioenergy Review in 2010…