me and my younger sister (megann) circa 2000
Hello,
I'm Mernine (mer-neen).
As the oldest daughter of Haitian immigrants in Roselle, New Jersey, words became very important to me at a young age. I learned how to write at Featherbed Lane Elementary School, where they assigned us 20 vocabulary words a week to make sentences with. The day my second grade teacher, Mrs. Cohen, taught me how to make story...
I haven't stopped trying since.
I'm Mernine (mer-neen).
As the oldest daughter of Haitian immigrants in Roselle, New Jersey, words became very important to me at a young age. I learned how to write at Featherbed Lane Elementary School, where they assigned us 20 vocabulary words a week to make sentences with. The day my second grade teacher, Mrs. Cohen, taught me how to make story...
I haven't stopped trying since.
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My senior year of High School,
I served my high school community as poet laureate and performed at many different poetry events on our campus including Multicultural Day, the Shakespeare Festival, etc.
I served my high school community as poet laureate and performed at many different poetry events on our campus including Multicultural Day, the Shakespeare Festival, etc.
I attended Freehold Township High School in Monmouth County, New Jersey. I was an AP and honors student, who competed in the high school speech and debate league. My senior year, I was the speech captain of the Fighting Opi forensics team, with responsibilities that ranged from hosting team practices to running the team Twitter. Throughout my high school speech career, I was a two time state finalist and national finalist in Improvisational Acting, Humorous Interpretation, and Dramatic Interpretation before graduating.
