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Nancy St. Legér interview
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- August 19, 2013 (Creation)
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Nancy St. Legér is an educator and an esteemed Haitian cultural artist. She has been performing Haitian dance traditions and rhythms for the past 20 years both in New York and South Florida. She is a graduate of St. Joseph's College (Brooklyn, NY) and Nova Suotheastern University (Davie, FL). She obtained a Master's Degree in Specific Learning Disabilities, and she is presently a Doctoral Candidate at Nova Southeastern University (Organizational Leadership). Nancy is an exceptional teacher who dedicated her life working with students with emotional and learning disabilities. She began her teaching career at P.S. 40M and P.S. 189M in Brooklyn, NY. In 1994, she moved to Miami and continued her crusade as a Speech and Language Pathologist and as a Special Education teacher. She is currently assigned to Coconut Grove Elementary as a teacher of students with learning disabilities. Nancy is very respected and admired by her peers and the parents of the students she is helping. However, in addition to her teaching career, Nancy St. Legér has been involved in the Haitian community through her cultural work as the Director of Folkloric Dance for Sosyete Koukouy Miami, Inc., as Director of Haitian Arts and Culture for Children and Film Makers. She is also President of HACCHI films, Inc. and appeared in two Haitian movies, Les Voleurs in Creole and Hard Times in English, and in the Charlie's Angels TV show. Her first film, Tanbou: Legacy of the Drums premiered on May 26, 2013 at the Little Haiti Cultural Center. She is currently developing an educational program for television. Interviewer: Lucrèce Louisdhon-Louinis Interviewer: Lucrèce Louisdhon-Louinis Miami, FL