Posts Tagged ‘Caribbean heritage’

Jean Appolon was born in Haiti and moved to Cambridge when he was 16 years old. He has been a professional dancer with Alvin Ailey and the Joffrey Ballet. He runs a dance troupe in Boston and teaches a Haitian folklore class in Cambridge at the Dance Complex.

Marian Darlington-Hope was born in the Port neighborhood in Cambridge, and has lived there most of her life. Her parents were both from Barbados. She had a professional career as a Professor at UMass Boston and Lesley College, and continues to be involved in community activism in Cambridge.