Marie St. Fleur

Marie St. Fleur
Marie St. Fleur came to the U.S. at the age of seven, when her parents fled their native country after her father spoke out against the Dictator, Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier. The family first traveled to New Jersey before eventually settling in Dorchester, Massachusetts.

A graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, St. Fleur, earned a Law Degree from Boston College Law School in 1987. After graduating from law school, she served as a Law Clerk in the Massachusetts Superior Court and later as an Assistant District Attorney in Middlesex County. In 1991, she became an Assistant Attorney General in the Trial Division of the Office of the Attorney General.

Representative St. Fleur was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives to represent the 5th Suffolk District on July 6th 1999. Gaining 77 percent of the vote in a hotly contested election, Representative St. Fleur became the first Haitian American to hold an elected seat in the state of Massachusetts.

Representative St. Fleur is a member of the Democratic State Committee and a member of the Board of Directors of Ward 13 Democratic Committee. She also serves on the advisory boards of Project Hope, the African American Federation, Action for Boston Community Development, Inc. and the YWCA of Boston.

She is the recipient of the Massachusetts School of Law Thurgood Marshall Leadership Award, and was one of five lawyers featured in a Lawyers Weekly article entitled “Up & Coming Lawyers.” She has become a forceful voice on issues linked to education, economic development and political empowerment. She has been featured on numerous television programs as well as the International Institute’s “Dreams of Freedom” exhibit.

A wife and the proud mother of three children, Representative St. Fleur loves to sing and spend time with her family.

Ernst Guerrier on cover of Boston Haitian Reporter

Ernst Guerrier
Born in Port-Au Prince, Haiti, Ernst Guerrier moved to Mattapan with his family when he was seven years old. His father still works as a Boston cab driver, while his mother is a housekeeper at the Fernald School in Waltham. After graduating in 1987 as an honor roll student of Boston English High School, he enrolled in Suffolk University, where he obtained an undergraduate degree in political science in 1991. While at Suffolk, Guerrier was President of the Black Student Union, Vice President of the Student Council Association and a member of the men's soccer team.

Upon graduating from college, the young Haitian-American enrolled in Suffolk University Law School. He obtained his law degree in 1994 and immediately went to work in a law firm. In 1997, Guerrier left the firm to establish his own law practice. Today, he is the principal member of Guerrier and Associates, P.C. in Dorchester, a law firm specializing in estate planning, residential conveyance and complex domestic relations matters. The attorney also gives frequent public lectures for first time homebuyers and teaches the art of client relations to other attorneys.

Ernst Guerrier sits on the board of directors of the HAPHI and is also in the process of writing a guide for first time homebuyers. He and his wife Marieflore are the proud parents of two children, daughter, Christa, and son, Myles.