My Haitian heritage has shaped the way I understand how systems operate differently on paper than in practice. Growing up connected to Haiti while living in America created this constant contrast image that I could see between legal structure and lived reality. I learned early that formal rules do not automatically produce fair outcomes, and that access depends on whether someone can interpret, translate, or navigate those systems for themselves. That awareness does not come from abstract thinking/discussion. It comes from observing the world around me and seeing how language, bureaucracy, and expectation can either block or enable opportunity. Language became the one of the clearest examples of this divide. Speaking English, French, and Haitian Creole allowed me to move seamlessly between communities, but more importantly, it revealed how meaning changes depending on who is left out of the conversation. That insight shaped how I approach academics. I became drawn to subjects like government, history, and law not just for the content, but so that way I can learn how they structure society. Courses such as AP Gov, APUSH, and AP Lang reinforced my interest in how institutions define fairness and how those definitions are practiced (either implemented or ignored completely). This perspective directly influences my academic and career goals. I intend to pursue international policy and law with a focus on systems that govern resource distribution and civic access at Duke. My interest is in designing policy and understanding how policies function across different social and linguistic contexts. Haiti for me remains central to this thinking as a case study that highlights broader global patterns of inequality between legal intention and outcome. My contributions to my community reflect this same focus on access. Just recently, I was recognized in Chicago Magazine in April 2026 for my work transcribing and digitizing thousands of historical manuscripts, highlighting the public impact of my archival contributions and confirming my role as #1 global contributor for Newberry Library. Through archival translation work with institutions such as the Newberry Library, the Library of Congress, and the Smithsonian Institution, I have helped make historical documents more accessible to the public. This is a world-scale impact that is technical and preserves information that would otherwise remain difficult to access. Completing thousands of pages of transcription has reinforced my understanding of how knowledge systems are built, maintained, and shared. Beyond archival work, I have supported fellow Haitian students in my French classes over my 4 years of high school by translating academic material and explaining school systems in English, French, and Creole. This role required translation plus it involved clarifying expectations that are often unspoken in educational environments. In doing so, I helped others stabilize their academic progress while also strengthening my own ability to communicate across structural and cultural differences. I plan to continue contributing by working in international policy spaces where legal systems, language, and equity intersect. The goal is to build frameworks that reduce the gap between what systems promise and what people actually experience, especially in communities where that gap is most visible.