A Remarkable Journey
Stéphanie Sophie Louis has an academic journey marked by excellence and an outstanding status. She completed most of her classical studies in Lascahobas but finished her education at the Mixed Institution of Modern Education in Port-au-Prince. In addition, she was the winner of a departmental essay competition on the Dessalinian ideal in 2017, organized by the Ministry of National Education. This already testified to her intellectual capacity, particularly regarding her reflection on Haiti’s most important historical figure. In 2018, she was one of the 12 finalists in the singing competition organized by the Ministry of National Education in collaboration with artist BIC on May 18. In 2020, she was admitted simultaneously to the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy and the Faculty of Dentistry at the State University of Haiti. However, she abandoned both faculties after one year of medicine and two months of dentistry because she had received a full scholarship to Quisqueya University after winning a competition organized by Zanmi Lasanté. Thanks to this scholarship, she pursued studies in political science. She admits to abandoning her studies at the State University of Haïti because her conviction was that serving the country was best done through politics. This is why she urges the youth not to limit themselves in this area. To engage in politics is to commit to better serving the country, she assures us.
In 2022, she created her jewelry company "Addacha KREYASYON," where she is the main creator of jewelry made with materials such as Tagua, which she imports from Colombia. Also in 2022, she initiated a debate club to improve communication skills and interpersonal competence among students at Quisqueya University. In May 2023, she represented Haïti in a United Nations simulation in Dubai on the theme of the impact of artificial intelligence on industries. Today, in addition to teaching civics in schools, she is the founder and coordinator of a youth political organization called JERH (Youth Engaged for the Renaissance of Haiti) and is also the current Young President of the Haitian Youth Government. This initiative aims to stimulate youth governance. As part of this, she was invited to participate in a Haitian delegation alongside former Prime Minister Gary Conille in 2024 to attend the United Nations General Assembly.