Alberta Moreau is a model of courage and determination. She had to struggle to succeed in her studies and plans to return to the island upon graduation to put her skills in foreigners' law to use. She is currently doing an internship at Trait d'Union.
As far as she can remember, Alberta Moreau has always wanted to work in the field of justice. Born in Dominica to a Dominican mother and a Haitian father, she grew up far from her parents, settled in Saint-Martin. At the age of 13, she decided to join them at Agrément, to learn French and benefit from a quality education. She continued her education at Soualiga college then at the general high school of the Northern Islands where she obtained her baccalaureate.
Faithful to her childhood dreams, she enrolled in a law degree in Paris. Although a scholarship holder, she does not benefit from any other financial aid and must find a job to finance her studies. She becomes a teaching assistant and works 35 hours a week in addition to her college courses. A frantic pace then begins, made up of sleepless nights and weekends at the library.
“I have never had a simple education but I do not regret anything at all. Having had to earn a living showed me the world of work ”considers Alberta who, now 30 years old and mother of two, is in her final year of a Masters in Fundamental Rights and Freedoms in Communities and companies, at Sorbonne Paris Nord University.
During her studies, she returns regularly to Saint-Martin and engages as a volunteer with Semsamar, which grants her a scholarship for her final year. She who had started a course in business law, finally decides to "get closer to the more human side of law", convinced that "money is not everything".
The click occurred when the border between the two parts of Saint-Martin was closed following the coronavirus epidemic in March 2020.
“When I saw that children of French nationality, living on the Dutch side, could not go to school on the French side, I decided to pursue foreigners' rights. I also spoke about this episode in my cover letter ”. She, who suffered a form of racism during her adolescence in Saint-Martin because of her status as a foreigner, became aware during her volunteer actions of the plight of many foreigners on the island who have difficulty in regularize their situation. Finding that she reiterates while doing an internship within the Trait d'Union association until the end of May. His goal ? Create a local structure to defend the rights of foreigners.
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