Today we’re getting under the hood with Marie Wislande Cherise, a mother, wife, sister, aunt, women’s advocate, student, community resource specialist, and nurse resource assistant.
Marie was born and raised in Haiti. After high school, she traveled to the Dominican Republic to pursue an undergraduate program in computer science at the Universidad Catholica Santo Domingo and later graduated with an Associate of Arts degree.
Over the years Marie traveled back and forth to her home country, Haiti ultimately settling in Connecticut where she has been working in healthcare for over 12 years as a Nursing Assistant and Nurse Resource Assistant at various health systems. She currently works in a Connecticut hospital as an NRA as well as at City Hall as a Community Resource Specialist serving her community while continuing her studies in social work. Marie was recognized at Greenwich Hospital with the Great Catch Award for modeling HRO safety behaviors and taking action to improve patients’ safety. Her passion lies in helping change people's lives.
During COVID-19 Marie felt the need to get out and help swab people, she wanted to be part of the covid 19 solution and be part of the change when a lot of people were uncertain about the future. She was recognized in her local newspaper for her efforts. At this time she also started working remotely for a translation company where she could apply her multi-linguistic skills (Marie speaks 4 languages) to be able to hear urgent stories and help serve her Haitian community, she knew she must use her voice, for those who cannot hear. And this is where her vocation to become a social worker began.
Marie is always for the fight against the mistreatment of women and anything that she can do to help improve the lives of women in society, She is for it, as a feminist. Today she is working towards her bachelor's degree, in social work where she will help serve even more people in her community.
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