Ph.D. Student Maika Moulite and Sister Crafting the Stories They Wished to See While Growing Up Maika Moulite, a first-year doctoral student in the Department of Communication, Culture and Media Studies, has partnered with her sister, Maritza, to author two young adult novels. The two novels, “Dear Haiti, Love Alaine,” and “One of the Good Ones,” follow two different stories related to the Black experience. “Dear Haiti, Love Alaine,” follows the journey of a high schooler who visits her family in Haiti after being suspended from the elite private school she attends. “In her family’s homeland for the first time, Alaine is immediately put to work at her aunt’s startup helping native children in need. Alaine meets locals, interacts with kids connected to donors, and is shown the ropes by Jason, a fellow intern whose charming ways are making work a bit more challenging. What she doesn’t expect to find are letters, articles, emails and diary entries that she compiles into a final project that will not only save her academic standing in school, but also help her finally know the
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mother she’s never really understood.”
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“One of the Good Ones,” debuting in January, “is an incredibly timely story about a young social activist who dies under mysterious circumstances while in police custody and the journey her surviving sisters embark on, using ‘The Negro Motorist Green Book’ as their guide.” says Moulite.
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