If you ask any Haitian cook what is the most important part of creating an authentic Haitian meal they’ll immediately reply: epis. Epis is used as the base for many delicious meals and without it your dish will be missing […]
How To Create An Elevator Pitch For Your Book
You’ve done the unimaginable and you’ve written your first book. And now it’s going to be published. Amazing! Or maybe you’ve even written a few, but when it comes time to gas yourself up and talk about your new creation, […]
Haitian Essentials: Coffee, Tea, and Peanut Butter
Growing up as a child of Haitians living in the States can sometimes feel a little strange. Like any first generation American, you have one foot in the country you and your family moved to and the other back home. […]
Little Haiti Book Festival 2019
May 5th marked the latest installment of the annual Little Haiti Book Festival. This was my first time attending the fair and it was such a wonderful time! The Little Haiti Book Festival is presented by the Miami Book Fair […]
How to Get Out of Your Head and Fight Anxiety
It’s one of the worst places to be. It’s one part dark cellar, one part airless room, and another part bottomless pit with no end in sight. What’s even more terrible is that it’s all taking place in your mind. […]
There’s No Dishonor in Having a Day Job While You Follow Your Dreams
If you let the internet tell it, everyone is an entrepreneur. You hear success stories everywhere of people talking about how they left the job that they hated and are now fulfilling their dreams, traveling the world, visiting far off […]