Born in Haiti, Marlene Dorcena grew up in The Cayes in the country's south. At school, as a member of the cultural association, she practiced a repertory of French songs. This, with her family's help, also brought her to sing the gospel at the choir of the local church.

In 1991, she acted in the theater play "Mèsy Bondyé Verdomme", directed by Rene Verreth, at the Mechels Miniatuur Theater in Mechelen, Belgium.

Back in Central-America she joined a seminar, in Venezuela, organized by the Confederation of Latin American Workers.

Following the coup of 1991 in Haiti she decided to return to Belgium to continue her degree in Journalism and Media Communication (...)

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