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Sandy Dorsainvil
Perseveres by Keeping Little Haiti in Miami Alive Written by Martine St. Hilaire + Photos by @Spexphotography Sandy Dorsainvil is the manager of the Little Haiti Cultural Complex and Mache Ayisyen, a Caribbean marketplace, in Miami, Florida. She’s responsible for maintaining the complex, creating all of the programming, and leading the production of educational programming and cultural activities. She also helps curate exhibitions in LHCC’s art gallery, dance and theatrical productions in its theatre,
musical festivals in the courtyard, and vendor engagements in the marketplace. She considers her duties a labor of love. Dorsainvil also serves as executive producer of Sounds of Little Haiti, a monthly music festival that celebrates Haitian culture and heritage in Little Haiti. “In 2018, we took Sounds of Little Haiti one step further by starting the Rara Institute of Music (RIM),” says Dorsainvil. The
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Dorsainvil started working at the LHCC on September 11, 2013, as the complex’s Marketing and Special Events Coordinator. In 2014, she became its Managing Director. Over the years, she has poured her heart and soul into the Little Haiti community.
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