James Ansin / Peace Sullivan High School Journalism and New Media Workshop
Local responders treated hundreds Nate Lasseur, a firefighter, was one of the first people to show up in Port-au-Prince after the Jan. 12 earthquake. As a Haitian American, that experience left him wanting to do more. Lasseur is like many of the people who responded to Haiti’s crisis, trave
07.23.2010| Direct Action | Armand Sepulveda, Miramar High School
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Students donate time and money at UM and FIU Arielle Duperval was driving in Haiti on Jan. 12 when the earth began to shake. Just a half minute later, the Haitian-American and two of her University of Miami classmates got out of their car to see the destruction. But the young women also witnes
07.23.2010| Direct Action | Melissa Catalanotto, Monarch High School
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Relatives in South Florida do their part Michael Lubin is just 24, but when the Haitian earthquake killed many of his family, the North Miami resident began caring long-distance for 25 children. In Fort Pierce, the Rev. Marie Bernadette Etienne has faced the same daunting challenges after losing
07.23.2010| Relations | Pamela Sepulveda, Miramar High School
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Local churches unite to provide relief to Haitians Katie Moggio, who just finished her junior year at Westminster Christian School in Palmettto, spent part of her summer vacation amid the rubble of Haiti. Wendy Bourgault, a Pompano Beach mom of three, has been there and is planning to return
07.23.2010| Relations | Roberto Portal, Miami Killian Senior High
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New World graduate has a unique palette Asser Saint-Val’s art is as unique as his painting materials. Take sugar. Most people use it to sweeten tea or coffee. Saint-Val spreads sugar granules on his canvases to sweeten his artful creations with texture. That is just the beginning. S
07.23.2010| Featured | Edgar Cortes, Miami Central High
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