It's with the most up most pleasure that we welcome to Jessica Laguerre to the podcast.  She will forever hold the distinction of being our first women guest. And given her important work of running a hospital in Artibonite that services over 350,000 Haitians.  We are very happy to have her provide her prospective on this 4th epsiode of our podcast.


Jessica Laguerre is the 6th child of a large family of 8, Jessica moved to Philadelphia in her early teenage years. With a vision and intent to return home and a passion for advocacy, Jessica remained closely connected to her country of birth by completing internships, research projects/thesis, on subject matters prevalent to Haiti’s development. 


Currently, based out of Deschapelles, Jessica is the Administrative Chief of Staff at Hôpital Albert Schweitzer (HAS) where she works as a strategic advisor to the CEO while providing day-to-day operational support for the success of the institution. 


Jessica comes to HAS with Bachelor of Arts in International Studies and Sociology from California University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Science in Social Administration from Case Western Reserve University. While pursuing her master degree at Case Western Reserve, Jessica was selected as a Leadership Fellow. As a fellow, she received two years of training emphasized on evidence-based practices and leadership development for social change. Upon completion of her master’s degree Jessica returned to Haiti in August of 2018. In many ways, Jessica views her return to Haiti as inevitable due to her passion, her connection to Haiti, and her already existing support system to facilitate such transition. 


When not in Deschapelles, Jessica spends her time visiting family in Port-au-Prince and in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

www.hashaiti.org  to donate and support the development and medical efforts of Albert Schweitzer Hospital.


In country job boards discussed:

Jobpaw.com;

Idealist.org; Devex.org