One of the very reasons that I opted to work at Sant La is my desire to gain a deeper understanding of my Haitian culture.  Growing up I took for granted the very thing that made me a Haitian-American, and struggled mightily with bringing the two together.  For a long time I held the notion that it had to be one or the other but never both; most of the time, I was attempting to hide my Haitian side.  I was one of the ones who tried so desperately to Americanize everything about me, even to the point of pronouncing my last name with more of an American accent saying Am-bew; rather than the French influenced pronunciation of Am-bo. - MiamiHerald.com

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