Impact The Outcome

Mr. Pierre was born in Arcahaie, Haiti on March 23, 1969. He immigrated to the United States in 1983 and attended high school and college in Long Island, New York. He received his Bachelors Degree in Engineering from New York Institute of Technology in 1994 and his law degree from the University of Miami in 1997.

Heavily involved in the community for many years, Mr. Pierre was elected Mayor for the City of North Miami, serving two consecutive terms. He also has served on many of the city of North Miami advisory boards.

Mr. Pierre is also a political analyst and strategic consultant. He has a television show with Island TV-Comcast Channel 578- where he delivers the most important breaking news and discusses hot topics related to politics, immigration, social justice and legal issues that affect the community. Mr. Pierre is pivotal in keeping the community informed and well prepared to make an educated decision.

Kira Tippenhauer has a multidisciplinary practice of fine art and a design line under Kiramade based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, she was raised by architect/engineer father and kindergarten owner/director mother. She graduated from Miami International University of Art & Design (2011) with an MFA in Visual Arts. 

Louca Bell, a young Haitian designer from Cap-Haitien, whose creations have been featured on several runways in Miami and Haiti. Starting at 15 years old Louca Bell has been involved in various fashion shows and in a short time has grown into a true artist. She draws her inspiration from her own culture and creates a truly colorful fusion of Caribbean styles and modern Haute couture. Her designs offer both a classy yet edgy feel.

Louca is on the verge of launching her design company calls "Urban Root" so stay tuned for more update. 

She has a devoted following as she creates inspiring and meaningful pieces that resonate with her clients' journey. 

On this episode of Impact The Outcome, I sat down with John Youte from Year Up South Florida to talk about Year Up and our upcoming event "Know Your Rights Immigration Fair" on July 8th in Miami-Dade College, North Campus. 

On this episode of Impact The Outcome, I sat down with Naomie Labaty, recipient of Beacon of Hope Award by the Consulate General of Haiti in Miami. She previously served as a co-host of Plezi Soley, a weekly cultural show on Island TV and co-founder of Boukan Night, a bi-weekly cultural and artistic show at North Miami’s MOCA Café. She is also the author of Lalin ak Soley, a short story book with poems.

I also sat down with Angie Bell, honoree of Haitian-American Chamber of Commerce 20 under 30 Young Professionals. Former co-chair of the Fundraising and Public Relations Committee at the Haitian American Professionals Coalition (HAPC) and the former Marketing Director of the Haitian American Historical Society. Founder of PouBèlAyiti, an artistic environmental movement aimed to keep the streets of Haiti clean by creating garbage cans to place in schools and public palaces. She is the author of Pwezi Agogo. Like Naomie, she is one of the three co-hosts of Ayiti Parle.