A Survivor of Haiti's Quake, and Now of Leukemia, Too

August 05, 2016 by Marvin Anderson

In a faint voice, Danielo Morpeau, who is still learning English and speaks with a slight Haitian accent, read two of the first words he learned while living in New York: “melatonin,” to aid sleep, and “Celexa,” to treat depression.

Surviving a Job Loss, and a Family's Devastation

August 05, 2016 by Marvin Anderson

Sitting in her living room in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn, Aldine Francois, 27, peeled layers of silk cloth away from a white book with golden pages. It was a photo album holding the most recent pictures she had of her mother, from a wedding in July 2009.