Duke Augustin

Duke Augustin

Duke se yon elèv ki nan premye ane k ap suiv metriz li nan sante ak kominikasyon risk yo. Li te leve soti vivan nan Immokalee, Florid, men fanmi li se orijinèlman soti nan Ayiti. Premye lang Duke a se kreyòl natifnatal fanmi li. Duke ap viv nan East Lansing depi senk ane, kote li gradye nan Michigan State ak yon degre nan devlopman imen ak syans fanmi ki gen yon minè nan pwomosyon sante. Pandan li tap pran lisans inivèsitè li li te sèvi nan branch egzekitif la pou NOBCCHE  ki te abouti ak prezidansite li nan òganizasyon an jiskaske li gradye. Li te yon asistan entèkiltirèl, li te konplete de pwojè rechèch anba depatman epidemyoloji, e li te yon asistan kamarad pou pwogram mastè a. Nan pwogram mastè a, li pral kontinye fè rechèch sou sitiyasyon  ki afekte kominote ki plis nan bezwen yo, tankou kominote pa l la, e kontinye pouswiv opòtinite ki mete l nan yon pozisyon pou fè yon diferans. Finalman, prensipal objektif Duke se pou li kapab fè moun panse de pèspektiv yo ak pou  kreye chanjman, kèlkeswa ke se sou edikasyon, sante piblik, pwoblèm oswa nenpòt ki obstak ke migran ak kominote ki plis nan bezwen fè fas ak. Duke ap chèche pou pi devan pou li travay ak fanmi RCAH la ak pwogram CLAC, men tou, pataje kilti l ', epi plonje tèt li nan kilti li pa gen eksperyans de yo.

  • Bio in English

    Duke is a first-year graduate student pursuing his Masters degree in Health & Risk Communications. He was raised in Immokalee, FL, but his family is originally from Haiti. Duke’s first language is his family’s native tongue, Creole. Duke has lived in East Lansing for the past five years, where he graduated from Michigan State with a Bachelor’s in Human Development and Family Studies with a minor in Health Promotions. During his undergraduate journey he served on the executive board for NOBCChE culminating in him becoming President, he was an Intercultural Aide, he completed two research projects under the Department of Epidemiology and was a Peer Assistant for The Graduate School. In graduate school, he will continue to perform research on challenges that affect marginalized communities, like his own, and continue to pursue opportunities that put him in a position to make a difference. Ultimately, Duke’s primary goal is to be able to challenge people’s perspectives and enact change, whether that be on education, public health issues or any of the obstacles that migrant and marginalized communities face. Duke is looking forward to not only working with the RCAH family and the CLAC program, but also sharing his culture and immersing himself into cultures he has not experienced before.