Florence Marc-Charles - President
 
A native of Haiti, Florence has been living in New York since July 1970. She completed her primary and secondary school at the Institution du Sacre Coeur in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. She migrated to the US and attended NYU where she took an intensive English class to prepare her entrance to the nursing program at Medgar Evers College. She completed her baccalaureate in nursing receiving a Magna Cum Laude mention. After working a few years she went back to graduate school and obtained a Master's in Public administration. She first worked in the hospital ICU and emergency room, and then changed after a few years to work for the Visiting Nurse Service of New York. Florence had a progressive career at VNSNY where she worked as a field nurse then she was promoted to nursing manager then to director of the department. She became the administrator of the Long Term Home Health Care program and the HIV/AIDS program servicing daily over 2500 patients in the city of New York. She was offered a job at St Mary's Hospital for Children and became the Assistant Vice President of Home Care. She retired a couple of years ago after working in her last job as the Vice President of Home Care at Jewish Home Life Care. 
Florence has been a strong advocate for children. First, as a member of the parent staff association at Lexington School & Center for the Deaf, she helped to improve the educational programs for deaf students. During the time her daughter was at Lexington, she lobbied Congress to promote the continuation of the American for Disabilities Act. So effective was her work at Lexington, that they established a scholarship in her honor. 
In 1995, Florence became the president and one of the founding members of the Friends of Montfort Inc. an organization which provides education and financial support to deaf and deaf/blind students in Haiti. The organization also provides 3 annual scholarships of 1000 dollars each for college bound deaf students living in the United States. 
Florence also worked with the Gift of Life Inc. coordinating support activities for Haitian children who come to the United States for cardiac surgery. In the past few years she has been working with Gift of Life International by participating in over 10 cardiac missions in Haiti where over 130 children received the Gift of Life. In addition, she works with L'Essor de l'An
se Pirogue as their Board Vice Chair to develop health, educational and housing programs for the residents of this community. 
As a member of the Rotary international, she has participated in several Medical and dental missions on the island of La Gonâve, Haiti where access to health care remains a challenge. 
Florence is a member of Sacred Heart Church and actively participates in many of the activities to support the parish. She is also a Eucharistic Minister. She is married to Eddy, her lifelong companion. Together they have two daughters; Sandra and Sylvie. She has three grandchildren Elena, Amour and Sia who are dear to her heart. 
Florence has a strong belief in her motto “Each one touch one to make the world a better place". 
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