Mrs. Port-Au-Prince International 2020

Marteng was born in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti and moved to the United States when she was seventeen years of age. Marteng’s desire to become a nurse stemmed from helping her mother with her breast cancer journey and helping raise her 6 siblings. Academically speaking, Marteng graduated in 2006 from Florida Memorial University with a bachelor’s degree in Biology. She proceeded to obtain a Bachelor’s in Science of Nursing from University of Central Florida in 2010. Formerly, Marteng worked on a medical surgical unit for 3 1/2 years, but later wanted to improve patient outcomes and decided to train to become an ICU nurse. In 2014, Marteng began working in one of the few Women’s Intensive Care units in the United States, which focuses on critically ill obstetric and gynecologic patients. She is currently attending Florida International University, where she will obtain a master’s in science of Nursing with specialization as an Adult Gerontology Nurse Practitioner in July 2019. Marteng is currently one of the six trainees at Florida International University from the Advanced Nursing Education Workforce (ANEW) Traineeship Program. She is doing her Traineeship

at the Health Department at Hendry county. She wants to use her knowledge to educate the community about the stigmatism of HIV/AIDs. Her platform is ending the stigmatism of HIV/AIDs among the Haitian community in the United States and abroad. Her motto is “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”. She plans to use her education and passion to improve health in her community.

Please be ready to vote for Mrs. Port-Au-Prince International 2020 as she will be competing for the Mrs. Haiti Crown in April 2020 in Miami, Florida.