Laurie (they/them) is a Haitian-made, African-grown, non-binary cultural worker. They grew up moving around Southern and Eastern Africa before moving to the United States at the age of fourteen, where they attended boarding school in Rhode Island. Laurie graduated from NYU in 2019 with a bachelor's degree in Global Liberal Studies, a concentration in Politics, Rights, and Development, and a 40 page thesis analyzing the way anti-blackness exists and functions in the relationship between Haiti and Jamaica.

Laurie believes that growing up in different countries is part of what has made them a storyteller: learning from an early age how to observe, to listen, to take the time to understand the narratives that give explanation to culture and reason to experience. A writer and artist, they believe that their most honest and impactful work, at its core, is also a study of self. By going inwards, Laurie has been able to unravel a body of work that stems from their center: 2NDGENders, a multimedia home and living archive for trans and gender dynamic (TGD), second generation immigrants to gather at the intersections of our stories.

Laurie is what Gloria Anzaldúa would call a nepantlera, meaning, their assignment within nepantla is to aid others through it, to hold the space as they unravel the particularity of navigating identities from multiple borders and many betweens. They are leaning into the role of nepantlera and griot for their community: the role of diasporic historian, record keeper of deaths and rebirths, preserver of queer genealogies, and witness to stories. Based in Brooklyn, NY, Laurie can be found in conversation with other TGD second generation immigrants in their day to day life and on the 2NDGENders Podcast.