Dimitry Elias Léger was born in Port-au-Prince , Haiti , on Sept. 27 , 1971 . His childhood life alternated between New York City and Port-au-Prince until the age of 14 , when he permanently moved to Brooklyn . He became a journalist in 1993 and worked as deputy editor of '' The Source '' magazine and a staff writer at '' Fortune '' magazine , '' The Miami Herald '' and MTV News . His writing has also appeared in '' The New York Times '' op-ed page , '' The Washington Post '' " Book World " , '' The New York Observer '' and the now defunct '' The Face '' magazine in the UK . He became an advisor to the United Nations following the 2010 Haiti earthquake
2010 Haiti earthquake
2010 Haiti earthquake
Dimitry Elias Léger