{"id":31349,"date":"2026-11-07T10:16:01","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T15:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hebdo24.com\/three-haitian-american-women-elected-to-school-boards-in-south-floridas-largest-counties\/"},"modified":"2026-11-07T10:16:01","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T15:16:01","slug":"three-haitian-american-women-elected-to-school-boards-in-south-floridas-largest-counties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hebdo24.com\/en\/three-haitian-american-women-elected-to-school-boards-in-south-floridas-largest-counties\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Haitian-American Women Elected to School Boards in South Florida’s Largest Counties"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three women of Haitian descent have made a historic breakthrough in South Florida’s local political landscape. Cynthia Alc\u00e9us Dominique, Christina Rom\u00e9lus and Linda Cothi\u00e8re were elected to the school boards of Broward, Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties, becoming the first Haitian-American women to hold these positions in these three major districts.<\/p>\n

According to The Haitian Times<\/a>, this milestone is a first for the Haitian community, which is deeply rooted in the region and has long been present in the public education system.<\/p>\n

Cynthia Alc\u00e9us Dominique wins in Broward in the first round<\/strong><\/p>\n

In Broward County, 41-year-old Cynthia Alc\u00e9us Dominique won the District 7 seat in the August 18 primary with about 60% of the vote, avoiding a runoff. A Broward native, she was raised by a Haitian immigrant mother. Before her election, she spent nearly ten years volunteering and in community leadership roles in her district.<\/p>\n

Christina Rom\u00e9lus prevails in Palm Beach County<\/strong><\/p>\n

In Palm Beach County, 38-year-old Christina Rom\u00e9lus won the District 4 seat in the November 3 election with about 62% of the vote. Born in Port-au-Prince, she first entered local politics in 2016, at age 27, when she was elected to the Boynton Beach City Commission. She served there for six years, including as vice mayor.<\/p>\n

Linda Cothi\u00e8re victorious in Miami-Dade’s District 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

In Miami-Dade, Linda Cothi\u00e8re won the November 3 runoff in District 1 against fellow education professional Katrina Wilson. She prevailed with 51.6% of the vote to her opponent’s 48.4%. Born in Cap-Ha\u00eftien, Cothi\u00e8re immigrated to the United States at age 15. She has worked for more than thirty years as a teacher in Miami-Dade County Public Schools.<\/p>\n

She will represent communities including Miami Gardens, North Miami, North Miami Beach and Opa-locka.<\/p>\n

These three victories mark a symbolic step forward for Haitian-American representation in South Florida’s local education institutions, a region where the Haitian diaspora plays an important role in community life.<\/p>\n

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Three women of Haitian descent have made a historic breakthrough in South Florida’s local political landscape. Cynthia Alc\u00e9us Dominique, Christina Rom\u00e9lus and Linda Cothi\u00e8re were elected to the school boards of Broward, Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties, becoming the first Haitian-American women to hold these positions in these three major districts. According to The Haitian […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":82,"featured_media":30884,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2168,2288],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-education","category-society"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebdo24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebdo24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebdo24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebdo24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/82"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebdo24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hebdo24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebdo24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebdo24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebdo24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebdo24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}