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![[Leonie Hermantin]](../images-09/leonie-hermantin.jpg) Leonie M. Hermantin Deputy Director of the Lambi Fund of Haiti |
Leonie M. Hermantin has more than 10 years of grassroots community experience in Miami’s Haitian community. She was born
in Haiti and migrated to the United States at the age of twelve. She grew up in New York, very much shaped and influenced
by New York’s "émigré" experience of the 1970s. It is in this environment of a community-in-exile,
that she received the intellectual, cultural, and emotional groundings which shaped and informed her lifelong commitment
to her beloved Haiti. Her experience in this country also forged her resolve to focus on the Haitian American community’s
conditions of adaptation and integration the United States.
Ms. Hermantin’s career reflects her commitment to Haiti and to the Haitian Diaspora community. She is the Deputy Director of the Lambi Fund of Haiti a community foundation supporting grassroots initiatives in Haiti's rural communities. She is responsible for outreach and education in North America. Formerly the Director of Research and Strategic Planning at the Haitian Neighborhood Center, Sant La, in Miami, she has over ten years of non-profit management experience. Ms. Hermantin holds a Juris Doctorate from University of California at Berkeley as well as a Master’s degree in Urban and Environmental Planning. She currently serves on the board of the PanZou Project, a crime prevention program for Haitian youth, the Center for Haitian Studies and the Haitian American Chamber of Commerce of Florida. Ms. Hermantin has received numerous awards for her activism and civic contributions. She is the mother of two teenage children Khalil and Ayo and the aunt of her beloved Sarah. |